CVEs / CVE-2016-1555

CVE-2016-1555: NETGEAR Multiple WAP Devices Command Injection Vulnerability

Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 25 Mar 2022
critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
EPSS 98.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
Last changed at its sources 17 Jun 2026

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Summary

Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allows unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface. Exploitation allows for arbitrary code execution.
CISA, Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

Description

(1) boardData102.php, (2) boardData103.php, (3) boardDataJP.php, (4) boardDataNA.php, and (5) boardDataWW.php in Netgear WN604 before 3.3.3 and WN802Tv2, WNAP210v2, WNAP320, WNDAP350, WNDAP360, and WNDAP660 before 3.5.5.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
The CVE record, via NVD · published 21 Apr 2017 · NVD status: Analyzed

Affected and fixed versions

As stated by the CVE record (from the CNA)
Product	Affected	Fixed in
n/a n/a	n/a	—

Exploitation

In CISA KEV since	25 Mar 2022
Due date for US federal agencies	15 Apr 2022
Used in ransomware campaigns	Unknown
Required action	Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity

CVSS 3.1	9.8 critical `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Scored by NVD
Weakness	CWE-77

References

CVE-2016-1555 on NVD
CVE-2016-1555 in the CISA KEV catalog
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135956/D-Link-Netgear-FIRMADYNE-Command-Injection-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/112 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/30480/CVE-2016-1555-Notification?cid=wmt_netgear_organic Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45909/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-1555 US Government Resource

Sources

Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.

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