CVE-2018-21164
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.
- Record
CVE-2018-21164- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-13682
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.
- Record
EUVD-2018-13682- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x9hf-67xx-m36w No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.
- Record
GHSA-x9hf-67xx-m36w- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.64 and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.54.
- Record
CVE-2018-21164- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- 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-2018-21164 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Netgear R6220 Firmware, published April 23, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.60%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.