CVE-2016-10176
highpriority · attend · 76EPSS 0.774 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router allows an administrator to perform sensitive actions by invoking the apply.cgi URL on the web server of the device. This special URL is handled by the embedded web server (uhttpd) and processed accordingly. The web server also contains another URL, apply_noauth.cgi, that allows an unauthenticated user to perform sensitive actions on the device. This functionality can be exploited to change the router settings (such as the answers to the password-recovery questions) and achieve remote code execution.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-40949Netgear WNR2000v5 - Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (14)
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- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerabilitycnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867cnnvd
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txtcnnvd
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036549/Insecure-Remote-Access-and-Command-Execution-Security-Vulnerabilityenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Dec/72enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95867enisa_euvd
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/advisories/netgear-wnr2000.txtenisa_euvd
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