CVE-2024-12847

NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection

NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint. This vulnerability has been exploited in the wild since at least 2017.

Affected

NETGEAR · DGN1000

CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

30.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2025-01-10

Updated

2026-04-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/netgear_dgn1000_setup…

Security advisories

• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry