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CVE-2017-18853

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password recovery and file access. This affects D8500 1.0.3.27 and earlier, DGN2200v4 1.0.0.82 and earlier, R6300v2 1.0.4.06 and earlier, R6400 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R6400v2 1.0.2.18 and earlier, R6700 1.0.1.22 and earlier, R6900 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R7000 1.0.7.10 and earlier, R7000P 1.0.0.58 and earlier, R7100LG 1.0.0.28 and earlier, R7300DST 1.0.0.52 and earlier, R7900 1.0.1.12 and earlier, R8000 1.0.3.46 and earlier, R8300 1.0.2.86 and earlier, R8500 1.0.2.86 and earlier, WNDR3400v3 1.0.1.8 and earlier, and WNDR4500v2 1.0.0.62 and earlier.

Affected products

• NETGEAR D8500 Firmware: through 1.0.3.27
• NETGEAR Dgn2200 Firmware: through 1.0.0.82
• NETGEAR R6300 Firmware: through 1.0.4.06
• NETGEAR R6400 Firmware: through 1.0.1.20; through 1.0.2.18
• NETGEAR R6700: through 1.0.1.22
• NETGEAR R6900 Firmware: through 1.0.1.20
• NETGEAR R7000: through 1.0.7.10
• NETGEAR R7000P: through 1.0.0.58
• NETGEAR R7100Lg Firmware: through 1.0.0.28
• NETGEAR R7300Dst Firmware: through 1.0.0.52
• NETGEAR R7900 Firmware: through 1.0.1.12
• NETGEAR R8000 Firmware: through 1.0.3.46
• NETGEAR R8300 Firmware: through 1.0.2.86
• NETGEAR R8500 Firmware: through 1.0.2.86
• NETGEAR Wndr3400 Firmware: through 1.0.1.8
• Netgear WNDR4500: through 1.0.0.62

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000045848/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-and-File-Access-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-0677
• https://kb.netgear.com/000045848/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-and-File-Access-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-0677

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