CVE-2025-12946
A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute commands when speedtests are run. This issue affects RS700: through 1.0.7.82; RAX54Sv2 : before V1.1.6.36; RAX41v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX50: before V1.2.14.114; RAXE500: before V1.2.14.114; RAX41: before V1.0.17.142; RAX43: before V1.0.17.142; RAX35v2: before V1.0.17.142; RAXE450: before V1.2.14.114; RAX43v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX42: before V1.0.17.142; RAX45: before V1.0.17.142; RAX50v2: before V1.1.6.36; MR90: before V1.0.2.46; MS90: before V1.0.2.46; RAX42v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX49S: before V1.1.6.36.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Analyzed - a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- Last modified
- 2026-10-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Affected products
- Mr90 (Netgear)
- Mr90 Firmware (Netgear)
- Ms90 (Netgear)
- Ms90 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax35v2 (Netgear)
- Rax35v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax41 (Netgear)
- Rax41 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax41v2 (Netgear)
- Rax41v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax42 (Netgear)
- Rax42 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax42v2 (Netgear)
- Rax42v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax43 (Netgear)
- Rax43 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax43v2 (Netgear)
- Rax43v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax45 (Netgear)
- Rax45 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax45v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax49s (Netgear)
- Rax49s Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax50 (Netgear)
- Rax50 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax50v2 (Netgear)
- Rax50v2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rax54sv2 (Netgear)
- Rax54sv2 Firmware (Netgear)
- Raxe450 (Netgear)
- Raxe450 Firmware (Netgear)
- Raxe500 (Netgear)
- Raxe500 Firmware (Netgear)
- Rs700 (Netgear)
- Rs700 Firmware (Netgear)
References
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory