Netgear XR300/R6400/R7000P Request genie_fix2.cgi wan_gateway command injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Netgear XR300, R6400 and R7000P. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file genie_fix2.cgi of the component Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument wan_gateway results in command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-51021. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear XR300, R6400 and R7000P (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the file genie_fix2.cgi of the component Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument wan_gateway with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Netgear XR300 v1.0.3.78, R7000P v1.3.3.154, and R6400 v2 1.0.4.128 was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the wan_gateway parameter at genie_fix2.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted request.

The advisory is shared at netgear.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-51021 since 10/28/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/05/2024). 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.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Netgear

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• R6400
• R7000P
• XR300

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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