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High · 8.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2017-6334 EUVD-2017-15395GHSA-fmcr-2q62-c3m5

dnslookup.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands…

Published Mar 6, 2017 · Updated Jan 12, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

dnslookup.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 host_name field of an HTTP POST request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6077.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 3

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