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FKIE_CVE-2026-62659

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-14 18:18 - Updated: 2026-07-15 18:20

Severity

4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber

Summary

A security flaw was discovered in the NETGEAR WAX333 Access Point that could allow someone already logged in and connected to the local network to make unauthorized changes to the device's settings

References

	URL	Tags
	a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5	https://kb.netgear.com/000070859/July-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
	a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5	https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax333

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2026-62659 (GCVE-0-2026-62659)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-14 17:48 – Updated: 2026-07-15 16:04

Title

Authenticated users can make unauthorized changes on NETGEAR WAX333 Access Points

Summary

A security flaw was discovered in the NETGEAR WAX333 Access Point that could allow someone already logged in and connected to the local network to make unauthorized changes to the device's settings

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-15 14:03 UTC

CWE

CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Assigner

NETGEAR CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard A 92/100 over 40 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax333	patchproduct
https://kb.netgear.com/000070859/July-2026-NETGEA…	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
NETGEAR	WAX333	Affected: 0 , < V12.8.0.100 (custom)

Date Public

2026-07-14 00:00

Credits

ziqiweiaaa

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