CVE-2022-38956

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (5.3) in netgear wpn824ext firmware. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% 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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