CVE-2022-47209 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A support user exists on the device and appears to be a backdoor for Technical Support staff. The default password for this account is “support” and cannot be changed by a user via any normally accessible means.

Published: 2022-12-16

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router prior to V1.0.9.90`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax30_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:rax30:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49984	A support user exists on the device and appears to be a backdoor for Technical Support staff. The default password for this account is “support” and cannot be changed by a user via any normally accessible means.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00191.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2022-37

History

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Netgear Rax30 Rax30 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T19:11:26.955Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-47209

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:29.410Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-16T20:15:08.940

Modified: 2025-04-17T19:15:54.770

Link: CVE-2022-47209

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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