CVE-2024-12847

critical

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.

References

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8

https://securityaffairs.com/183183/malware/rondodox-botnet-targets-56-flaws-across-30-device-types-worldwide.html

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31940

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31638

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31592

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rondodox-botnet-targets-56-n-day-flaws-in-worldwide-attacks/

https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-01-10

Updated: 2025-12-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.2911