CVE-2025-12946
NETGEAR · published 2025-12-09
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Description
Description by Netgear, Inc. via the CVE Program.
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.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| NETGEAR | RS700 | 0 – 1.0.7.82 and earlier: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX54Sv2 | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX41v2 | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX50 | 0 – before V1.2.14.114: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAXE500 | 0 – before V1.2.14.114: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX41 | 0 – before V1.0.17.142: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX43 | 0 – before V1.0.17.142: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX35v2 | 0 – before V1.0.17.142: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAXE450 | 0 – before V1.2.14.114: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX43v2 | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX42 | 0 – before V1.0.17.142: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX45 | 0 – before V1.0.17.142: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX50v2 | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | MR90 | 0 – before V1.0.2.46: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX42v2 | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | RAX49S | 0 – before V1.1.6.36: affected |
| NETGEAR | MS90 | 0 – before V1.0.2.46: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (18)
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rs700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax54sv2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax45v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax41v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax50_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:raxe500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax41_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax43_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax35v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:raxe450_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax43v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax42_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax45_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax50v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:mr90_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:ms90_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax42v2_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:netgear:rax49s_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: 4.4 MEDIUM — as published by Netgear, Inc. (Secondary)
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/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:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber - CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
CWE-20, NVD-CWE-noinfo
Sources
References the source lists
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
Source dates: published 2025-12-09, last changed 2026-10-07. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-10-07.
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