CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-20175 — Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface
High
CVSS 7.5
Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's SOAP Interface (port 5000) is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information (such as usernames and passwords) to be transmitted in cleartext
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-12-30
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-319
Affected products
- netgear / r6700_firmware / 1.0.4.120
Matched remediation archetype
Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation
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Check exposure
- Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
- Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
- Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.
Remediate safely
- Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
- Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
- Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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