What it is
CVE-2024-12847 is an unauthenticated NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection. NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can...
Vulnerability report
Active exploitation observed
Confirmed confidence
Not in CISA KEV
CVE-2024-12847
NETGEAR DGN setup.cgi OS Command Injection
NETGEAR / DGN1000 · affected before 1.1.00.48
- Severity
- CVSS 9.8 · Critical
- Confidence
- Confirmed
- Exploit status
- Observed in sensors
- EPSS
- 29.9%
- First observed
- 09 Jun 2026
- Last observed
- 18 Aug 2026
Decision summary
What security teams need to know first
Direct answers before the deeper technical record.
Is it exploited?
Yes. KEV Intelligence sensors observed exploitation attempts with confirmed confidence.
Who is affected?
NETGEAR / DGN1000 affected before 1.1.00.48.
What should we do?
Patch immediately, validate internet-facing exposure, and monitor for matching requests.
Overview
NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability
NETGEAR DGN1000 before 1.1.00.48 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary operating system commands as root by sending crafted HTTP requests to the setup.cgi endpoint.
This vulnerability has been observed to be exploited in the wild since at least 2017 and specifically by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.
Vendor
Product
Affected
Status
NETGEAR
DGN1000
Before 1.1.00.48
Affected
- Published
- 10 Jan 2025
- Exploitation Reported
- 10 Jan 2025
- Attack vector
- Remote
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
Tags
edge
CVE References
- CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12847
- Third-Party Advisory — seclists.org seclists.org · Third-Party Advisory https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jun/8
- Third-Party Advisory — vulncheck.com vulncheck.com · Third-Party Advisory https://vulncheck.com/advisories/netgear-dgn
- Exploit — exploit-db.com exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25978
- Exploit — exploit-db.com exploit-db.com · Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43055
Exploitation evidence
Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited
Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.
Exploited in the wild
CVE
Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.
Active exploitation observed
KEV Intelligence sensor
First-party sensor telemetry confirms matching exploitation attempts.
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Per-source evidence links for KEV attestations are available through the KEV Intelligence Pro API.
Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| The Shadowserver First | 2026-06-01 00:00 UTC |
| KEV Intelligence | 2026-06-24 16:09 UTC |
Operational indicators for this CVE are listed under Detection.
Sensor telemetry
First-party evidence of exploitation activity
Aggregate observations show the scale, recency, and distribution of activity without overstating sparse data.
228
Attempts observed
176
Unique attacker IPs
17
Attacker countries
AL · AR · BR · CN · DE · ET · ID · IN · JP · NL · PK · RS · RU · SE · TW · US · ZA
33
Sensors observed
Exploitation attempts over the last 73 days
Daily events observed by KEV Intelligence sensors
Updated 19 Aug 2026
8 Jun
23 Jun
8 Jul
23 Jul
19 Aug
First observed 09 Jun 2026 · Last observed 18 Aug 2026
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Detection
Operational artifacts and observed signals
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Observed signals
- Request targets
- 148
- User-Agents
- 2
Raw values available in Pro and Enterprise.
Scanner coverage
No scanner integrations recorded yet.
Virtual patch status
KEV Intelligence virtual patch guidance is available for this CVE.
AWS WAF
Cloudflare
ModSecurity
Attacker IP Indicators
Attacker IP indicators observed · available in Pro and Enterprise.
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Compensating WAF rules for this CVE.
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Risk and context
Severity, weaknesses, and research context
CVSS v3.1
9.8
Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
29.9%
Timeline
From disclosure to observed exploitation
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Virtual patch available
Compensating WAF rule available to block exploitation
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Observed by KEV Intelligence sensors
Evidence-backed exploitation signal
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Indicators of compromise added (281)
Indicators of compromise recorded
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Added to KEV Intelligence KEV Feed
High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation
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CVE published
Vulnerability disclosed publicly
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CVE ID reserved
Identifier reserved by the CNA
Pro API
Automate this intelligence
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- Evidence confidence and provenance
- First-party sensor telemetry
- PoC and scanner references
- Affected versions and enrichment
- Automation-ready JSON delivery
GET /api/v2/pro/kevs/CVE-2024-12847
Free JSON includes basic KEV fields{
"cve_id": "CVE-2024-12847",
"confidence": "Confirmed",
"cvss_score": 9.8,
"cvss_estimated": false,
"epss_score": 0.29939,
"exploit_status": {
"exploited_in_the_wild": true,
"active_exploitation_observed": true
},
"sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 228, "sensors": 33 }
}Early warning alerts
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