March 14, 2023, 6:09 p.m. | Jimi Sebree

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Netgear RAX30 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bypass Firmware Upgrade Signature Checks (Post-Auth) - CVE-2023-28337



When uploading a firmware image to the device for updates, a hidden “forceFWUpdate” parameter may be provided to force the upgrade to complete and bypass certain validation checks. End users can use this to upload modified, unofficial, and potentially malicious firmware to the device.


As a proof of concept, we downloaded firmware V1.0.9.92_1, and modified it to read as V9.9.9.99_9 by running the following command:



sed -i -e …

auth bypass cve device end firmware hidden malicious may netgear parameter signature updates upgrade validation vulnerabilities

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