CVE-2020-11549

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

An issue was discovered on NETGEAR Orbi Tri-Band Business WiFi Add-on Satellite (SRS60) AC3000 V2.5.1.106, Outdoor Satellite (RBS50Y) V2.5.1.106, and Pro Tri-Band Business WiFi Router (SRR60) AC3000 V2.5.1.106. The root account has the same password as the Web-admin component. Thus, by exploiting CVE-2020-11551, it is possible to achieve remote code execution with root privileges on the embedded Linux system.

Affected products

NETGEAR Rbs50Y Firmware: 2.5.1.106
NETGEAR Srr60 Firmware: 2.5.1.106
NETGEAR Srs60 Firmware: 2.5.1.106

References

https://github.com/modzero/MZ-20-02-NETGEAR-Orbi-Security
https://www.modzero.com/advisories/MZ-20-02-Netgear-Orbi-Pro-Security.txt
https://www.modzero.com/modlog/archives/2020/05/18/how_netgear_meshed_up_wifi_for_business/index.html
https://github.com/modzero/MZ-20-02-NETGEAR-Orbi-Security
https://www.modzero.com/advisories/MZ-20-02-Netgear-Orbi-Pro-Security.txt
https://www.modzero.com/modlog/archives/2020/05/18/how_netgear_meshed_up_wifi_for_business/index.html

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