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CVE-2021-20175

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 30, 2021 at 09:31 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:33 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsR6700 FirmwareR6700Netgear Nighthawk R6700

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's SOAP Interface (port 5000) is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information (such as usernames and passwords) to be transmitted in cleartext

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-319

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