CVE-2021-20175

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

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

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-20175

Assigner
vulnreport@tenable.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-12-30T22:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-01-11T14:42:57

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-319	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.120:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20175
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-20175

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:37:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:22:59	2021-12-30T22:15Z	2021-12-30T22:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:22:59		2022-01-11T14:42:57	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 05:23:00		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated