CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6077

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2017-02-22 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200

NETGEAR DGN2200 wireless routers contain a vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

Added to KEV
2022-03-07
Remediation due
2022-09-07
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6077
Status
Analyzed
Published
2017-02-22
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-78

Description

ping.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the ping_IPAddr field of an HTTP POST request.

Affected configurations

• netgear dgn2200 firmware (<= 10.0.0.50)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References