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CVE-2022-46424

HIGH CVSS: 8.1 Published: 2022-12-20 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear XWN5001 Powerline 500 WiFi Access Point. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v0.4.1.1 and earlier.

Affected Platforms

Netgear Xwn5001 FirmwareNetgear Xwn5001

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References