Default credentials

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device...

Hardcoded credentials

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 makes use of hardcoded credentials. It does not appear that normal users are intended to be able to manipulate configuration backups due to the fact that they are encrypted. This encryption is accomplished via a password-protected zip file with a hardcoded password...

Privilege escalation

All known versions of the Netgear Genie Installer for macOS contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The installer of the macOS version of Netgear Genie handles certain files in an insecure way. A malicious actor who has local access to the endpoint on which the software is going to be...

Authentication flaw

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication...

Default configuration

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's SOAP Interface port 5000 is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be...

Buffer overflow

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 contains a buffer overrun vulnerability. The URL parsing functionality in the cgi-bin endpoint of the router containers a buffer overrun issue that can redirection control flow of the applicaiton...

Default configuration

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not utilize secure communications to the web interface. By default, all communication to/from the device is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be transmitted in cleartext...

Default credentials

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device...

Hardcoded credentials

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 makes use of a hardcoded credential. It does not appear that normal users are intended to be able to manipulate configuration backups due to the fact that they are encrypted/obfuscated. By extracting the configuration using readily available public tools,...

Default configuration

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the web interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's web interface is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be transmitted in...

CVE-2021-20174

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the web interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's web interface is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be transmitted in...

CVE-2021-20175

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's SOAP Interface port 5000 is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to be...

CVE-2021-20175

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 (firmware 1.0.4.120) exposes its SOAP interface on port 5000 and communicates over HTTP by default, causing credentials and other sensitive data to be transmitted in cleartext. Root cause: lack of secure transport for SOAP API calls. Impact: potential exposure of usernames...

CVE-2021-20174

The CVE-2021-20174 entry concerns Netgear Nighthawk R6700 (firmware 1.0.4.120). The root cause is that web-interface traffic is not secured, with all communications over HTTP by default. As described in multiple connected sources, this can expose sensitive information (e.g., usernames and passwor...

CVE-2021-20173

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 contains a command injection vulnerability in update functionality of the device. By triggering a system update check via the SOAP interface, the device is susceptible to command injection via preconfigured values...

CVE-2021-20173

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 router (firmware 1.0.4.120) is affected by a command-injection vulnerability in the update functionality exposed via the SOAP interface. A system update check can be triggered with preconfigured values to inject commands. Root cause: insecure handling in the update/SOAP pa...

CVE-2021-45077

CVE-2021-45077 affects Netgear Nighthawk R6700 (firmware 1.0.4.120). The device stores usernames and passwords for its services in plaintext in the primary configuration file; CNVD-2022-02652 notes an encryption vulnerability due to failure to encrypt account information, with plaintext credentia...

CVE-2021-45077

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 stores sensitive information in plaintext. All usernames and passwords for the device's associated services are stored in plaintext on the device. For example, the admin password is stored in plaintext in the primary configuration file on the device...

CVE-2021-23147

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication...

CVE-2021-45732

Netgear Nighthawk R6700, firmware 1.0.4.120, is affected by a vulnerability where a hardcoded credential can be exploited to extract the device configuration. By using public tools to obtain the backup configuration, an attacker can repackage and restore it to alter settings not intended to be ma...