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CVE-2017-6334: NETGEAR DGN2200 Devices OS Command Injection Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-03-25
• EPSS: 72.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

dnslookup.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 host_name field of an HTTP POST request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6077.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Dgn2200 Series Firmware: through 10.0.0.50

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96463
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41459/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41472/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42257/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96463
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41459/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41472/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42257/
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-6334

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