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CVE-2018-21119

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.5.4 and WAC510 before 5.0.5.4.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware: before 5.0.5.4 — fixed in 5.0.5.4
• NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware: before 5.0.5.4 — fixed in 5.0.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware 5.0.5.4; NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware 5.0.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000060239/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0285
• https://kb.netgear.com/000060239/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Access-Points-PSV-2018-0285

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