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CVE-2023-49694: NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System Privilege Escalation Via MySQL Server

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows host where NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System is installed can create arbitrary JSP files in a Tomcat web application directory. The user can then execute the JSP files under the security context of SYSTEM.

Affected products

• NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System: before 1.7.0.31 — fixed in 1.7.0.31

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System 1.7.0.31. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000065885/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-the-NMS300-PSV-2023-0127
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-39
• https://kb.netgear.com/000065885/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-the-NMS300-PSV-2023-0127
• https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-39

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