CVE-2022-38956: NETGEAR WPN824EXT Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability was discovered on the Netgear WPN824EXT WiFi Range Extender. An attacker can conduct a MITM attack to replace the user-uploaded firmware image with an original old firmware image. This affects Firmware 1.1.1_1.1.9 and earlier.

Affected products

• NETGEAR WPN824EXT Firmware: up to and including 1.1.1_1.1.9

Published 2022-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.