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CVE-2021-34978
HIGH · CVSS 8.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-01-13T22:15:12.663 · Last modified 2026-06-17T03:56:55.283

Summary

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the setupwizard.cgi page. A crafted SOAP request can trigger an overflow of a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13511.

Affected products

netgear — r6260_firmware

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References

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