CVE-2022-38955

7.5 highEPSS 0.4%

High (7.5) in netgear wpn824ext firmware. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear WPN824EXT WiFi Range Extender. An attacker can conduct a MITM attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check. A successful attack can either introduce a backdoor to the device or make the device DoS. This affects Firmware Version: 1.1.1_1.1.9.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-354
Published: 2022-09-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

netgear:wpn824ext_firmware

References

https://hackmd.io/%40eupX2KdkT6iNpqJUWk9p4A/SyAnOSd1s
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
https://hackmd.io/%40eupX2KdkT6iNpqJUWk9p4A/SyAnOSd1s
https://www.netgear.com/about/security/

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