{"id":39952,"date":"2021-03-11T17:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/this-netgear-soho-switch-has-15-count-em-vulns-which-means-you-need-to-upgrade-the-firmware-now\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T17:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:59:08","slug":"this-netgear-soho-switch-has-15-count-em-vulns-which-means-you-need-to-upgrade-the-firmware-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/this-netgear-soho-switch-has-15-count-em-vulns-which-means-you-need-to-upgrade-the-firmware-now\/","title":{"rendered":"This Netgear SOHO switch has 15 \u2013 count &#8217;em! \u2013 vulns, which means you need to upgrade the firmware&#8230; now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netgear has released a swathe of security and firmware updates for its JGS516PE Ethernet switch after researchers from NCC Group discovered 15 vulnerabilities in the device \u2013 including an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw.<\/p>\n<p>The switch is vulnerable to nine high-severity vulns and a further five medium-rated ones, said NCC Group IT security consultant Manuel Gin\u00e9s Rodriquez in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/research.nccgroup.com\/2021\/03\/08\/technical-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-netgear-prosafe-plus-jgs516pe-gs116ev2-switches\/\">damning blog post<\/a> about his findings.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The critical vuln, an RCE (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CVE-2020-26919<\/a>), came about because firmware versions prior to 2.6.0.43 &#8220;failed to correctly implement access controls in one of its endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and execute actions with administrator privileges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez wrote that from the router&#8217;s default login.html page &#8220;every section&#8230; could be used as a valid endpoint to submit POST requests being the action defined by the submitId argument.&#8221; Ordinary low-privileged users could therefore execute system commands.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>This opens the door for a malicious person to hijack your switch, perhaps installing malware on it to silently man-in-the-middle your internet connection. Small wonder NCC gave it a CVSSv3 score of 9.8, almost at the highest severity of 10.0.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that was an active-by-default TFTP server running on the device which permitted the upload and execution of unsigned firmware updates, allowing anyone at all to upload potentially malicious updates to the switch even if they weren&#8217;t aware of the RCE vuln (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35220\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CVE-2020-35220<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2018\/02\/08\/wifi_shutterstock.jpg?x=174&amp;amp;y=115&amp;amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"wifi\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"That's one way of speeding up the tech refresh cycle\">If you own one of these 45 Netgear devices, replace it: Kit maker won&#8217;t patch vulnerable gear despite live proof-of-concept code<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/07\/30\/netgear_abandons_45_routers_vuln_patching\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The uploaded file is being written directly into the image partition, overwriting the previous information before being validated,&#8221; noted Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Netgear did not respond to a request for comment. The company has form for its product lines containing multiple severe vulnerabilities, as <i>The Register<\/i> found last year <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/07\/30\/netgear_abandons_45_routers_vuln_patching\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">when Netgear decided it wouldn&#8217;t update the firmware<\/a> for a swathe of vulnerable small office\/home office routers \u2013 even though researchers had published live proof-of-concept code for exploits targeting the 40 devices.<\/p>\n<p>In the company&#8217;s defence it has published firmware updates for the JGS516PE switch <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netgear.com\/support\/product\/JGS516PE.aspx#Security_CommonTopics\">on its website<\/a>. The current version is 2.6.0.48.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-md=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YEqVbS5VvFW4wJqey0OISgAAAFQ&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The firm, whose good reputation has taken a bit of a bashing in recent years, also came under fire from customers last year after they discovered that its latest managed switches <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/09\/21\/netgear_mandatory_registration_switches\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">do not offer access to the full user interface unless you register them through the Netgear Cloud<\/a>. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/03\/11\/netgear_jgs516pe_switch_15_vulns\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of them is a critical RCE bug Netgear has released a swathe of security and firmware updates for its JGS516PE Ethernet switch after researchers from NCC Group discovered 15 vulnerabilities in the device \u2013 including an unauthenticated remote code execution flaw.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Netgear SOHO switch has 15 \u2013 count &#039;em! 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