Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-12513
CVE-2019-12513
Description
In NETGEAR Nighthawk X10-R900 prior to 1.0.4.24, by sending a DHCP discover request containing a malicious hostname field, an attacker may execute stored XSS attacks against this device. When the malicious DHCP request is received, the device will generate a log entry containing the malicious hostname. This log entry may then be viewed at Advanced settings->Administration->Logs to trigger the exploit. Although this value is inserted into a textarea tag, converted to all-caps, and limited in length, attacks are still possible.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:netgear:nighthawk_x10-r9000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.0.4.24
- NETGEAR/Nighthawk X10-R900description
- Range: <1.0.4.24
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References
1- www.ise.io/casestudies/sohopelessly-broken-2-0/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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