CVE-2016-10176 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 77.6% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device. This special URL is handled by the embedded web server (uhttpd) and processed accordingly. The web server also contains another URL, apply_noauth.cgi, that allows an unauthenticated user to perform sensitive actions on the device. This functionality can be exploited to change the router settings (such as the answers to the password-recovery questions) and achieve remote code execution.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 77.58% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-01-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| netgear | wnr2000v5 |
| netgear | wnr2000v5 firmware |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Netgear WNR2000v5 - Remote Code Execution | 2016-12-21 |
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerability
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txt
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40949/
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