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CVE-2016-6277

HighPublished

NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: Dec 14, 2016
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Dec 7, 2016

Primary CVSS

8.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

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

EPSS probability estimate

99.8%

High · next 30 days

Percentile: 100.0%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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CISA Known Exploited

This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Summary

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

Sources

Netgear R7000 - Command InjectionExploit
Acew0rm · cgi · Dec 7, 2016
Netgear R7000 / R6400 - 'cgi-bin' Command Injection (Metasploit)Exploit
Metasploit · cgi · Mar 13, 2017

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