CVE-2025-12945

An improper input validation vulnerability in the NETGEAR Nighthawk R7000P (end of service) routers lets an authenticated administrator with local network access to the device, to execute OS command injections and make unauthorized modifications to the router software and functionality impacting its integrity. There is no additional impact to confidentiality or availability. This issue affects R7000P: through 1.3.3.154.

CVSS v3 2.4 LOW

2.4^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory	Vendor Advisory
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000p	Patch Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7000p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r7000p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-09 17:15

Updated : 2026-08-26 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-12945

Mitre link : CVE-2025-12945

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-12945

JSON object : View

Products Affected

netgear

r7000p
r7000p_firmware

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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