CVE-2019-20696
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505 before V5.6.8.3 and WAC510 before V5.6.8.3.
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
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505 before V5.6.8.3 and WAC510 before V5.6.8.3.
- Record
CVE-2019-20696- CVSS 3.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-11235
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505 before V5.6.8.3 and WAC510 before V5.6.8.3.
- Record
EUVD-2019-11235- CVSS 3.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q5cg-2988-52xm No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505 before V5.6.8.3 and WAC510 before V5.6.8.3.
- Record
GHSA-q5cg-2988-52xm- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WAC505 before V5.6.8.3 and WAC510 before V5.6.8.3.
- Record
CVE-2019-20696- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 9.4 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - 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-2019-20696 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.4) in Netgear Wac505 Firmware, published April 16, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. No source names a fixed version.