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CVE-2025-12946 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Netgear, Inc.
CVSS-BT 4.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  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/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500 Netgear, Inc.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700 Netgear, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Netgear, Inc.  

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-12946
NVD Published Date:
12/09/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/09/2025
Source:
Netgear, Inc.