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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2018-21226 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass.

published 2020-04-28 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13744

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JNR1010v2 before 1.1.0.48, JWNR2010v5 before 1.1.0.48, WNR1000v4 before 1.1.0.48, WNR2020 before 1.1.0.48, and WNR2050 before 1.1.0.48.

Patch / fix

  • netgear jnr1010_firmware 1.1.0.48
  • netgear jwnr2010_firmware 1.1.0.48
  • netgear wnr1000_firmware 1.1.0.48
  • netgear wnr2020_firmware 1.1.0.48
  • netgear wnr2050_firmware 1.1.0.48

Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

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.