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CVE-2025-12946
published 2025-12-09

CVE-2025-12946: A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN…

PriorityP345high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVAACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.27%
18.8th percentile
A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute commands when speedtests are run. This issue affects RS700: through 1.0.7.82; RAX54Sv2 : before V1.1.6.36; RAX41v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX50: before V1.2.14.114; RAXE500: before V1.2.14.114; RAX41: before V1.0.17.142; RAX43: before V1.0.17.142; RAX35v2: before V1.0.17.142; RAXE450: before V1.2.14.114; RAX43v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX42: before V1.0.17.142; RAX45: before V1.0.17.142; RAX50v2: before V1.1.6.36; MR90: before V1.0.2.46; MS90: before V1.0.2.46; RAX42v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX49S: before V1.1.6.36.

Affected

35 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
netgearmr90< V1.0.2.46V1.0.2.46
netgearmr90_firmware< 1.0.2.461.0.2.46
netgearms90< V1.0.2.46V1.0.2.46
netgearms90_firmware< 1.0.2.461.0.2.46
netgearrax35v2< V1.0.17.142V1.0.17.142
netgearrax35v2_firmware< 1.0.17.1421.0.17.142
netgearrax41< V1.0.17.142V1.0.17.142
netgearrax41_firmware< 1.0.17.1421.0.17.142
netgearrax41v2< V1.1.6.36V1.1.6.36
netgearrax41v2_firmware< 1.1.6.361.1.6.36
netgearrax42< V1.0.17.142V1.0.17.142
netgearrax42_firmware< 1.0.17.1421.0.17.142
netgearrax42v2< V1.1.6.36V1.1.6.36
netgearrax42v2_firmware< 1.1.6.361.1.6.36
netgearrax43< V1.0.17.142V1.0.17.142
netgearrax43_firmware< 1.0.17.1421.0.17.142
netgearrax43v2< V1.1.6.36V1.1.6.36
netgearrax43v2_firmware< 1.1.6.361.1.6.36
netgearrax45< V1.0.17.142V1.0.17.142
netgearrax45_firmware< 1.0.17.1421.0.17.142
netgearrax45v2_firmware< 1.1.6.361.1.6.36
netgearrax49s< V1.1.6.36V1.1.6.36
netgearrax49s_firmware< 1.1.6.361.1.6.36
netgearrax50< V1.2.14.114V1.2.14.114
netgearrax50_firmware< 1.2.14.1141.2.14.114

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv4.04.4MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
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