Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2025-12940 json

Credentials recorded in logs in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y

published 2025-11-11 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also EUVD-2025-93540

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Login credentials are inadvertently recorded in logs if a Syslog Server is configured in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y (AX1800 Dual Band PoE Multi-Gig Insight Managed WiFi 6 Access Points). An user having access to the syslog server can read the logs containing these credentials.

This issue affects WAX610: before 10.8.11.4; WAX610Y: before 10.8.11.4.

Devices managed with Insight get automatic updates. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.

Fixed in:

WAX610 firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.

WAX610Y firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.

Patch / fix

  • NETGEAR WAX610 10.8.11.4
  • NETGEAR WAX610Y 10.8.11.4

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 0.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
CNA 4.0 0.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • NETGEAR WAX610
  • NETGEAR WAX610Y

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.