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CVE-2022-38956

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Published: Sep 20, 2022Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear WPN824EXT WiFi Range Extender. An attacker can conduct a MITM attack to replace the user-uploaded firmware image with an original old firmware image. This affects Firmware 1.1.1_1.1.9 and earlier.

Affected (1)

Netgear
1 product
Wpn824ext Firmware
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Wpn824ext Firmware
Up to 1.1.1_1.1.9
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Netgear
Wpn824ext
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-354
Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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