CVE-2018-21124 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.

Published: 2020-04-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac505_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac505:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac510:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13642	NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00601.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.netgear.com/000060234/Security-Advisory-for-a-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-WAC510-PSV-2018-0260

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Netgear Wac505 Wac505 Firmware Wac510 Wac510 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-04-22T15:49:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:19:27.621Z

Reserved: 2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-21124

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-22T16:15:12.480

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:54:11.090

Link: CVE-2018-21124

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management

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