CVE-2018-21124
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2018-21124- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13642
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13642- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7w4x-rwm4-mh9f No score
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-7w4x-rwm4-mh9f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
NETGEAR WAC510 devices before 5.0.0.17 are affected by privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2018-21124- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-21124 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Netgear Wac505 Firmware, published April 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.