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An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability was...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Sep 21, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear WPN824EXT WiFi Range Extender. An attacker can conduct a MITM attack to replace the user-uploaded firmware image with an original old firmware image. This affects Firmware 1.1.1_1.1.9 and earlier.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 20, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 21, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-38956

GHSA ID

GHSA-qrm9-295f-xg65

Source code

No known source code

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