Vulnerability Intelligence Report
NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2016-6277
NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
CISA KEV
Nuclei Template
SSVC: Active Exploitation
CVSS Base Score
8.8
HIGH
Exploitability:2.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:99.78%
Executive Threat Verdict
Evaluating...
Evaluating Threat Landscape...
Assessing known weaponization, exploitation telemetry, and federal advisories.
Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-352 ↗CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| netgear | d6220_firmware | all |
| netgear | d6220 | all |
| netgear | d6400_firmware | all |
| netgear | d6400 | all |
| netgear | r6250_firmware | all |
| netgear | r6250 | all |
| netgear | r6400_firmware | all |
| netgear | r6400 | all |
| netgear | r6700_firmware | all |
| netgear | r6700 | all |
| netgear | r6900_firmware | all |
| netgear | r6900 | all |
| netgear | r7000_firmware | all |
| netgear | r7000 | all |
| netgear | r7100lg_firmware | all |
| netgear | r7100lg | all |
| netgear | r7300dst_firmware | all |
| netgear | r7300dst | all |
| netgear | r7900_firmware | all |
| netgear | r7900 | all |
| netgear | r8000_firmware | all |
| netgear | r8000 | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
ACTIVE IN CATALOG
Nuclei Template
SCANNER AVAILABLE
EPSS Score
99.781%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2016-07-22T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2016-12-14T16:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2016-12-07 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-21T23:55:47 |
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