Several models of Netgear routers are affected by a publicly disclosed vulnerability that could allow hackers to take them over.
An exploit for the vulnerability was published Friday by a researcher who uses the online handle Acew0rm. He claims that he reported the flaw to Netgear in August, but didn’t hear back.
The issue stems from improper input sanitization in a form in the router’s web-based management interface and allows the injection and execution of arbitrary shell commands on an affected device.
