Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2 Request post.cgi get_email command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file post.cgi of the component Request Handler. Such manipulation of the argument get_email leads to command injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-54805. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file post.cgi of the component Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument get_email with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Netgear WNR854T 1.5.2 (North America) is vulnerable to Command Injection. An attacker can send a specially crafted request to post.cgi, updating the nvram parameter get_email. After which, they can visit the send_log.cgi endpoint which uses the parameter in a system call to achieve command execution.

The advisory is available at faultpoint.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-54805 since 12/06/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

Name

• WNR854T

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• 1.5.2

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• commercial

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• end of life

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• Vendor: https://www.netgear.com/

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