R6250 Firmware
CVE-2020-26917
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS. This affects EX7000 before 1.0.1.78, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6400 before 1.0.1.46, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, and R8500 before 1.0.2.128. Affected products include: Netgear Ex7000 Firmware, Netgear R6250 Firmware, Netgear R6400 Firmware, Netgear R6400V2 Firmware, Netgear R7100Lg Firmware. Version information: before 1.0.1.78.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by stored XSS. This affects EX7000 before 1.0.1.78, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6400 before 1.0.1.46, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R8300 before 1.0.2.128, and R8500 before 1.0.2.128.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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