High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-20175
CVE-2021-20175
Description
Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not utilize secure communication methods to the SOAP interface. By default, all communication to/from the device's SOAP Interface (port 5000) is sent via HTTP, which causes potentially sensitive information (such as usernames and passwords) to be transmitted in cleartext
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Affected products
3(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 1.0.4.120
- cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:1.0.4.120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57nvdThird Party Advisory
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