CVE-2020-26918
MediumWhat is CVE-2020-26918?
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS. This affects EX7000 before 1.0.1.78, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6400 before 1.0.1.46, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R6700v3 before 1.0.2.66, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, and R8500 before 1.0.2.128.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS 3.1Exploitable from an adjacent network (e.g. same LAN, Wi-Fi segment, Bluetooth).
No special conditions required. Exploit can be performed reliably and repeatedly.
Administrative or root-level privileges required to exploit.
Victim must take an action (e.g. click a link, open a file) for the exploit to succeed.
Exploiting the vulnerability only affects the vulnerable component itself.
Some sensitive information is disclosed, but attacker has limited access.
Attacker can modify some data, but scope or consequence is limited.
Reduced performance or intermittent outages, but service remains available.
Known Affected Devices
FAQ
CVE-2020-26918 has a CVSS score of 4.1/10, rated as Medium. Review the affected products list and apply vendor patches.
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) rates vulnerability severity from 0.0 to 10.0. CVE-2020-26918 scores 4.1/10 (Medium). Scores 9.0–10.0 are Critical, 7.0–8.9 are High, 4.0–6.9 are Medium, and below 4.0 are Low.
The list of devices confirmed to be affected by CVE-2020-26918 is shown in the "Affected Devices" section above. Check your firmware version against the vendor security advisory and apply the latest patch.
Apply the latest firmware or software update from the vendor. Check the References section above for official advisories and patch notes. If no patch is available, consider disabling the affected feature or isolating the device from untrusted networks.