6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2017-18862
NETGEAR Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JGS516PE before 2017-05-11, JGS524Ev2 before 2017-05-11, JGS524PE before 2017-05-11, GS105Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GS105PE before 2017-05-11, GS108Ev3 before 2017-05-11, GS108PEv3 before 2017-05-11, GS116Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GSS108E before 2017-05-11, GSS116E before 2017-05-11, XS708Ev2 before 2017-05-11, and XS716E before 2017-05-11.

INFO

Published Date :

April 28, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 5, 2020, 7:26 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-18862 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Netgear jgs516pe_firmware
2 Netgear jgs524e_firmware
3 Netgear jgs524pe_firmware
4 Netgear gs116e_firmware
5 Netgear gs105e_firmware
6 Netgear gs105pe_firmware
7 Netgear gs108e_firmware
8 Netgear gs108pe_firmware
9 Netgear gss108e_firmware
10 Netgear gss116e_firmware
11 Netgear xs708e_firmware
12 Netgear xs716e_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043 Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-18862 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043 No Types Assigned https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jgs516pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:jgs516pe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jgs524e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:jgs524e:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:jgs524pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:jgs524pe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs105e:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs105pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs105pe:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs108e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs108e:v3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs108pe_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs108pe:v3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gs116e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gs116e:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gss108e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gss108e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:gss116e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:gss116e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:xs708e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:xs708e:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:netgear:xs716e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-05-11 OR cpe:2.3:h:netgear:xs716e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.27488

percentile

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