CVE-2025-12940
NETGEAR · published 2025-11-11
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Description
Description by Netgear, Inc. via the CVE Program.
Login credentials are inadvertently recorded in logs if a Syslog Server is configured in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y (AX1800 Dual Band PoE Multi-Gig Insight Managed WiFi 6 Access Points). An user having access to the syslog server can read the logs containing these credentials. This issue affects WAX610: before 10.8.11.4; WAX610Y: before 10.8.11.4. Devices managed with Insight get automatic updates. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest. Fixed in: WAX610 firmware 11.8.0.10 or later. WAX610Y firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NETGEAR | WAX610 | 0 – before 10.8.11.4: affected |
| NETGEAR | WAX610Y | 0 – before 10.8.11.4: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (2)
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wax610y_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wax610_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 4.0: 0.5 LOW — as published by Netgear, Inc. (Secondary)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber - CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610y
Source dates: published 2025-11-11, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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