CVE-2025-12946 (GCVE-0-2025-12946)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-09 17:02
Modified
2025-12-10 04:57
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
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.
References
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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