FKIE_CVE-2023-38921

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-08-07 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:11
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Netgear WG302v2 v5.2.9 and WAG302v2 v5.1.19 were discovered to contain multiple command injection vulnerabilities in the upgrade_handler function via the firmwareRestore and firmwareServerip parameters.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/FirmRec/IoT-Vulns/tree/main/netgear/upgrade_handlerThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.netgear.com/about/security/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/FirmRec/IoT-Vulns/tree/main/netgear/upgrade_handlerThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.netgear.com/about/security/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netgear wg302v2_firmware 5.2.9
netgear wg302v2 -
netgear wag302v2_firmware 5.1.19
netgear wag302v2 -
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