CVE-2024-12847

NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection

Published Jan 10, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 30.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-51148 NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017.
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Description NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC. NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017. NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.
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First Time appeared Netgear dgn1000 Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:netgear:dgn1000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:dgn1000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Netgear dgn1000 Firmware
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Weaknesses CWE-288
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Weaknesses CWE-306
CWE-78
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017.
Title NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection
Weaknesses CWE-288
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Apr 7, 2026, 2:08 PM
Reserved
Dec 20, 2024, 2:49 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2025, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:00 AM