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CVE-2024-12847: NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 30.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.

Affected products

• NETGEAR DGN1000: before 1.1.00.48 — fixed in 1.1.00.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR DGN1000 1.1.00.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055

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