CVE-2020-27872

mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.90% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

20 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR R7450 1.2.0.62_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the mini_httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from improper state tracking in the password recovery process. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-11365.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.8

v2.05.8mediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.5 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-668USprimaryCWE-642US

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

NETGEAR R7450≤ 1.2.0.62_1.0.1enisa_euvdEU
netgear ac2100 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear ac2400 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear ac2600 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:ac2600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6020 firmware< 1.0.0.48nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6020_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6080 firmware< 1.0.0.48nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6080_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6120 firmware< 1.0.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6120_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6220 firmware< 1.1.0.104nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6220_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6230 firmware< 1.1.0.104nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6230_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6260 firmware< 1.1.0.78nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6260_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6330 firmware< 1.1.0.78nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6330_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6350 firmware< 1.1.0.78nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6350_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6700 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6800 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6850 firmware< 1.1.0.78nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6850_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r6900 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r7200 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r7350 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7350_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r7400 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netgear r7450 firmware< 1.2.0.76nvdUScpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7450_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-04modified 2026-06-17

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