Exploited· due 2022-09-29

CVE-2017-5521

NETGEAR Multiple Devices

Multiple NETGEAR devices are prone to admin password disclosure via simple crafted requests to the web management server.

Exploitation status

  • CISA has confirmed this is being exploited in the wild. That is an observation of real attacks, not a prediction.
  • US federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it by 2022-09-29. That deadline does not bind private companies, but it is a reasonable benchmark for how urgently CISA views it.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions. If the affected device has since entered end-of-life, it should be disconnected if still in use.

CISA’s wording, unedited.

Scoring

CVSS
Not yet scored

Dates

Published
2022-09-08
Added to KEV
2022-09-08
Remediation due
2022-09-29
Sources
CISA KEV