CVE-2019-12510

Critical

Description

In NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R900 prior to 1.0.4.26, an attacker may bypass all authentication checks on the device's "NETGEAR Genie" SOAP API ("/soap/server_sa") by supplying a malicious X-Forwarded-For header of the device's LAN IP address (192.168.1.1) in every request. As a result, an attacker may modify almost all of the device's settings and view various configuration settings.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.1
Exploit probability—
ProductNetgear Nighthawk X10-r9000 Firmware
PublishedFeb 24, 2020
First seenFeb 24, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • netgear nighthawk_x10-r9000_firmware1.0.4.26 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
netgear nighthawk_x10-r9000_firmwarev < 1.0.4.261.0.4.26

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