CVE-2016-6277

HighCVSS 8.8/10Known exploited (CISA KEV)Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/Broken Link, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/Broken Link, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6277US Government Resource

Timeline

Published: Dec 14, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
Added to CISA KEV: Mar 7, 2022
NVD status: Analyzed

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