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CVE-2024-52023VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2024-52023: n/a

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.7 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
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:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 2026-10-26.

What to do

AI-suggested

Organizations should immediately identify if they use the affected Netgear models and firmware versions. Since no official patches are currently available, temporary mitigations include restricting access to the router management interfaces, especially blocking POST requests to the pppoe2.cgi endpoint from untrusted or external networks. Network segmentation should isolate these devices from general user networks to limit exposure. Monitoring network traffic for unusual POST requests targeting pppoe2.cgi can help detect exploitation attempts. Administrators should subscribe to Netgear security advisories for timely patch releases and apply firmware updates as soon as they become available. Additionally, consider deploying network-based DoS protection mechanisms and maintaining regular backups of router configurations to facilitate rapid recovery.

Description

Netgear XR300 v1.0.3.78, R7000P v1.3.3.154, and R6400 v2 1.0.4.128 was discovered to contain a stack overflow via the pppoe_localip parameter at pppoe2.cgi. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted POST request.

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