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CVE-2017-18862

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 28, 2020 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:13 AM UTC
24 products affected across 1 vendorJGS516PE FirmwareGS116E FirmwareJGS524E Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JGS516PE before 2017-05-11, JGS524Ev2 before 2017-05-11, JGS524PE before 2017-05-11, GS105Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GS105PE before 2017-05-11, GS108Ev3 before 2017-05-11, GS108PEv3 before 2017-05-11, GS116Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GSS108E before 2017-05-11, GSS116E before 2017-05-11, XS708Ev2 before 2017-05-11, and XS716E before 2017-05-11.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

GS105E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gs105e (same device)
GS105PE Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gs105pe (same device)
GS108E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gs108e (same device)
GS108PE Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gs108pe (same device)
GS116E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gs116e (same device)
GSS108E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gss108e (same device)
GSS116E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-gss116e (same device)
JGS516PE Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-jgs516pe (same device)
JGS524E Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-jgs524e (same device)
JGS524PE Firmware· NETGEAR
95%
v < 2017-05-11
Affected range stops below 2017-05-11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
netgear-jgs524pe (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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