NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System Privilege Escalation Via MySQL Server
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.
Summary
A low-privileged OS user with access to a Windows host where NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System is installed can create arbitrary JSP files in a Tomcat web application directory. The user can then execute the JSP files under the security context of SYSTEM.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System (NETGEAR) Fixed in 1.7.0.34
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System 1.7.0.34
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-27130 NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System RCE via Unprotected Access to Java Debug Wire ProtocolPriority MEDIUM 44
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-49694
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r6ch-gxw2-7ffc
References
More NETGEAR Prosafe Network Management System vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-19520 Improper authentication in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-19519 Unrestricted file upload in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-21791 Path traversal in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-08815 Path traversal in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2021-08813 OS command injection in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-27463 Cross-site scripting in NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2023-49694 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-49694 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r6ch-gxw2-7ffc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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