CVE-2024-51000: Netgear R8500 · Classic Buffer Overflow
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.7 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Organizations should immediately audit their network to identify the presence of Netgear R8500 routers running firmware version 1.0.2.160. Restrict administrative access to trusted personnel and networks, enforcing strong authentication mechanisms and monitoring for unusual POST requests targeting wireless.cgi. Network segmentation can limit exposure to adjacent network attacks. Since no patches are currently available, consider temporary mitigations such as disabling remote management interfaces or restricting access to the wireless.cgi endpoint via firewall rules. Monitor vendor communications for firmware updates addressing this vulnerability and apply patches promptly once released. Additionally, implement logging and alerting for anomalous POST requests to the affected parameters to detect potential exploitation attempts early.
Description
Netgear R8500 v1.0.2.160 was discovered to contain multiple stack overflow vulnerabilities in the component wireless.cgi via the opmode, opmode_an, and opmode_an_2 parameters. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.