CVE-2025-12946
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETGEAR | RS700 | 0 <= 1.0.7.82 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX54Sv2 | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX41v2 | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX50 | 0 < V1.2.14.114 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAXE500 | 0 < V1.2.14.114 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX41 | 0 < V1.0.17.142 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX43 | 0 < V1.0.17.142 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX35v2 | 0 < V1.0.17.142 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAXE450 | 0 < V1.2.14.114 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX43v2 | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX42 | 0 < V1.0.17.142 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX45 | 0 < V1.0.17.142 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX50v2 | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | MR90 | 0 < V1.0.2.46 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX42v2 | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX49S | 0 < V1.1.6.36 | affected |
| NETGEAR | MS90 | 0 < V1.0.2.46 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
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