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CVE-2017-6077: NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-07
• EPSS: 68.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

ping.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the ping_IPAddr field of an HTTP POST request.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Dgn2200 Firmware: through 10.0.0.50

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96408
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41394/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96408
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41394/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6077

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