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CVE-2019-20745

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects WAC505 before 5.0.10.2 and WAC510 before 5.0.10.2.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware: before 5.0.10.2 — fixed in 5.0.10.2
• NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware: before 5.0.10.2 — fixed in 5.0.10.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Wac505 Firmware 5.0.10.2; NETGEAR Wac510 Firmware 5.0.10.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000060978/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-WAC505-and-WAC510-PSV-2018-0610
• https://kb.netgear.com/000060978/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-WAC505-and-WAC510-PSV-2018-0610

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