Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETGEAR | DGN1000 | < 1.1.00.48 | 1.1.00.48 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Netgear DGN1000 Setup.cgi Unauthenticated RCE
exploit/linux/http/netgear_dgn1000_setup_unauth_exec
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8 third-party-advisory technical-description
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978 exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055 exploit
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn third-party-advisory