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CVE-2017-18800

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by reflected XSS. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.42 and R6800 before 1.1.0.42.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R6700: before 1.1.0.42 — fixed in 1.1.0.42
• NETGEAR R6800 Firmware: before 1.1.0.42 — fixed in 1.1.0.42

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R6700 1.1.0.42; NETGEAR R6800 Firmware 1.1.0.42. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000049356/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerability-on-R6700v2-and-R6800-PSV-2017-2162
• https://kb.netgear.com/000049356/Security-Advisory-for-Reflected-Cross-Site-Scripting-Vulnerability-on-R6700v2-and-R6800-PSV-2017-2162

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