CVE•Published 2017-04-06•Modified 2026-10-01•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2017-6884Zyxel · Emg2926_firmware
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
98
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A command injection vulnerability was discovered on the Zyxel EMG2926 home router with firmware V1.00(AAQT.4)b8. The vulnerability is located in the diagnostic tools, specifically the nslookup function. A malicious user may exploit numerous vectors to execute arbitrary commands on the router, such as the ping_ip parameter to the expert/maintenance/diagnostic/nslookup URI.
Timeline
Published 2017-04-06
Modified 2026-10-01
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