What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-18713

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects D7800 before 1.0.1.28, R6700 before 1.0.1.36, R6900 before 1.0.1.34, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.20, R7800 before 1.0.2.40, R9000 before 1.0.2.52, WNDR4300v2 before 1.0.0.48, and WNDR4500v3 before 1.0.0.48.

Affected products

• NETGEAR D7800 Firmware: before 1.0.1.28 — fixed in 1.0.1.28
• NETGEAR R6700: before 1.0.1.36 — fixed in 1.0.1.36
• NETGEAR R6900 Firmware: before 1.0.1.34 — fixed in 1.0.1.34
• NETGEAR R7500 Firmware: before 1.0.3.20 — fixed in 1.0.3.20
• NETGEAR R7800 Firmware: before 1.0.2.40 — fixed in 1.0.2.40
• NETGEAR R9000 Firmware: before 1.0.2.52 — fixed in 1.0.2.52
• NETGEAR Wndr4300 Firmware: before 1.0.0.48 — fixed in 1.0.0.48
• Netgear WNDR4500: before 1.0.0.48 — fixed in 1.0.0.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR D7800 Firmware 1.0.1.28; NETGEAR R6700 1.0.1.36; NETGEAR R6900 Firmware 1.0.1.34; NETGEAR R7500 Firmware 1.0.3.20; NETGEAR R7800 Firmware 1.0.2.40; NETGEAR R9000 Firmware 1.0.2.52; NETGEAR Wndr4300 Firmware 1.0.0.48; Netgear WNDR4500 1.0.0.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000053135/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2016-0114
• https://kb.netgear.com/000053135/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-Some-Routers-and-Gateways-PSV-2016-0114

Get alerted when CVE-2017-18713 or the next vulnerability affects your stack