Check Point Advisories

NETGEAR Routers Command Injection (CVE-2023-24749; CVE-2023-50089)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-0310
Date Published:	16 May 2023
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 20 April, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-24749 CVE-2023-50089
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	NETGEAR WNR2000v4 version 1.0.0.70 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax1800 prior to 1.0.9.90 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax2400 prior to 1.0.9.90 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax3000 prior to 1.0.9.90 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax5400 prior to 1.0.9.90 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax6000 prior to 1.0.9.90 NETGEAR Nighthawk ax11000 prior to 1.0.9.90
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability exists in NETGEAR routers. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands in the effected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the NETGEAR Routers Command Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: NETGEAR Routers Command Injection