NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection

published 2025-01-10 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-51148

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 30.4%; EPSS 30.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 1; Metasploit

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

NETGEAR DGN1000 1.1.00.48

Timeline

2013-06-05 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/netgear_dgn1000_setup_unauth_exec)
2025-01-10 Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-10)

Exploit prediction

30.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/linux/http/netgear_dgn1000_setup_unauth_exec Netgear DGN1000 Setup.cgi Unauthenticated RCE metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2013-06-05
exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

NETGEAR DGN1000

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/25978
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
exploit-db.com /exploits/43055
exploit, vdb-entry
vulncheck.com /advisories/netgear-dgn
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
seclists.org /bugtraq/2013/Jun/8
third-party-advisory, technical-description, mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-12847
NVD CVE-2024-12847

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Summary