CVE-2016-1525

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5...

8.6 HighPublic exploit

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5.0.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the realName parameter.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

75.0%Down 11.8 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.6

Record: CVE-2016-1525
CVSS 3.0: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 7.8 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2016-1525
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2016-2620 No score

Record: EUVD-2016-2620
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hfq5-cp94-28rv 8.6

Directory traversal vulnerability in data/config/image.do in NETGEAR Management System NMS300 1.5...

Record: GHSA-hfq5-cp94-28rv
CVSS 3.0: 8.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

netgear prosafe network management software 300

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Netgear NMS300 ProSafe Network Management System - Multiple Vulnerabilities	2016-02-04
Exploit-DB	Netgear NMS300 ProSafe Network Management System - Arbitrary File Upload (Metasploit)	2016-03-01
Metasploit	NETGEAR ProSafe Network Management System 300 Arbitrary File Upload	2016-02-04

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-1525 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Netgear Prosafe Network Management Software 300, published February 13, 2016. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 75.0%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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