CVE-2025-12946
Dec. 9, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
4.4
Medium
Description
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.
Product(s) Impacted
| Product | Versions |
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| nighthawk |
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| nighthawk |
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| nighthawk |
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| nighthawk |
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| nighthawk |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly.
References
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 4.0
- Attack Vector: ADJACENT
- Attack Complexity: HIGH
- Attack Requirements: PRESENT
- Privileges Required: NONE
- User Interaction: ACTIVE
- Scope:
- Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
- Integrity Impact: HIGH
- Availability Impact: HIGH
- Exploit Maturity: UNREPORTED
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
Timeline
Published: Dec. 9, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 9, 2025, 8:15 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.
More infoSource
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