Improper input validation in NETGEAR R6260 and R6850_CVE-2025-12942

4.8 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber

Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in NETGEAR R6260 and NETGEAR R6850 allows unauthenticated attackers connected to LAN with ability to perform MiTM attacks and control over DNS Server to perform command execution.This issue affects R6260: through 1.1.0.86; R6850: through 1.1.0.86.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-12942

Source NETGEAR

Published Nov 11, 2025 at 16:17

Modified Nov 11, 2025 at 17:12

Affected Product

Vendor NETGEAR

Product R6260

Affected Versions NETGEAR R6260 0
NETGEAR R6850 0

CWE Classification

CWE-20

References

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