CVE-2025-12946
published 2025-12-09CVE-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
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| netgear | mr90 | < V1.0.2.46 | V1.0.2.46 |
| netgear | mr90_firmware | < 1.0.2.46 | 1.0.2.46 |
| netgear | ms90 | < V1.0.2.46 | V1.0.2.46 |
| netgear | ms90_firmware | < 1.0.2.46 | 1.0.2.46 |
| netgear | rax35v2 | < V1.0.17.142 | V1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax35v2_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | 1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax41 | < V1.0.17.142 | V1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax41_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | 1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax41v2 | < V1.1.6.36 | V1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax41v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | 1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax42 | < V1.0.17.142 | V1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax42_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | 1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax42v2 | < V1.1.6.36 | V1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax42v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | 1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax43 | < V1.0.17.142 | V1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax43_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | 1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax43v2 | < V1.1.6.36 | V1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax43v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | 1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax45 | < V1.0.17.142 | V1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax45_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | 1.0.17.142 |
| netgear | rax45v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | 1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax49s | < V1.1.6.36 | V1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax49s_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | 1.1.6.36 |
| netgear | rax50 | < V1.2.14.114 | V1.2.14.114 |
| netgear | rax50_firmware | < 1.2.14.114 | 1.2.14.114 |
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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https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisoryhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49shttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
2025-12-09
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