Description
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.
Published: 2022-09-20
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-41503 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.
History

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Netgear Wpn824ext Wpn824ext Firmware
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-28T16:11:50.577Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38956

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:31.607Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:10.403

Modified: 2025-05-28T17:15:23.327

Link: CVE-2022-38956

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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