CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-46424
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear XWN5001 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v0.4.1.1 and earlier.
Affected configurations
• netgear xwn5001 firmware (<= 0.4.1.1)
References
- https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/B1rKQuzDj hackmd.io
- https://www.netgear.com/about/security/ Vendor Advisory
- https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/B1rKQuzDj hackmd.io
- https://www.netgear.com/about/security/ Vendor Advisory