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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·3/25/2022

CVE-2016-1555 added to CISA KEV: NETGEAR Wireless Access Point (WAP) Devices

Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild

Date added: 2022-03-25

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due date: 2022-04-15

Why this matters

Multiple NETGEAR Wireless Access Point devices allows unauthenticated web pages to pass form input directly to the command-line interface. Exploitation allows for arbitrary code execution.

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