Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-38921

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2023-08-07
WeaknessCWE-77

Am I affected?

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Description

Netgear WG302v2 v5.2.9 and WAG302v2 v5.1.19 were discovered to contain multiple command injection vulnerabilities in the upgrade_handler function via the firmwareRestore and firmwareServerip parameters.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2023-08-0719:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38921?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38921?format=csv
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP · NVD

Netgear wag302v2

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
5.1	= v5.1.19	no fix published	CISA-ADP

Netgear wag302v2 firmwareversion to verify

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
5.1	= 5.1.19	no fix published	NVD

Netgear wg302v2

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
5.2	= v5.2.9	no fix published	CISA-ADP

1 more product in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

www.netgear.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-10-11
OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-77read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.6 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2023-08-07
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38921?

Is CVE-2023-38921 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-38921, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-38921?

CVE-2023-38921 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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