VDB-230845 · CVE-2023-33533 · EUVD-2023-37692

Netgear D6220/D8500/R6700/R6900 Web Management command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Netgear D6220, D8500, R6700 and R6900. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web Management. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-33533. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netgear D6220, D8500, R6700 and R6900 (Wireless LAN Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Web Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Netgear D6220 with Firmware Version 1.0.0.80, D8500 with Firmware Version 1.0.3.60, R6700 with Firmware Version 1.0.2.26, and R6900 with Firmware Version 1.0.2.26 are vulnerable to Command Injection. If an attacker gains web management privileges, they can inject commands into the post request parameters, gaining shell privileges.

The weakness was published 06/06/2023. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-33533 since 05/22/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-37692). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

Netgear

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/22/2023 🔍
06/06/2023 +15 days 🔍
06/06/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2026 +943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-33533 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33533
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230845
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/06/2023 16:48
Updated: 01/04/2026 23:15
Changes: 06/06/2023 16:48 (38), 06/30/2023 20:22 (11), 01/08/2025 20:59 (26), 01/04/2026 23:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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