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CVE-2019-20651

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects WAC505 before 8.2.1.16 and WAC510 before 8.2.1.16.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware: before 8.2.1.16 — fixed in 8.2.1.16
• NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware: before 8.2.1.16 — fixed in 8.2.1.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware 8.2.1.16; NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware 8.2.1.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000061491/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-WAC505-and-WAC510-PSV-2019-0176
• https://kb.netgear.com/000061491/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-WAC505-and-WAC510-PSV-2019-0176

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