CVE-2025-12940: NETGEAR WAX610 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Login credentials are inadvertently recorded in logs if a Syslog Server is configured in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y (AX1800 Dual Band PoE Multi-Gig Insight Managed WiFi 6 Access Points). An user having access to the syslog server can read the logs containing these credentials.  This issue affects WAX610: before 10.8.11.4; WAX610Y: before 10.8.11.4. Devices managed with Insight get automatic updates. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest. Fixed in: WAX610 firmware 11.8.0.10 or later. WAX610Y firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.

Affected products

• NETGEAR WAX610 Firmware: before 11.8.0.10 (fixed in 11.8.0.10)
• NETGEAR WAX610Y Firmware: before 11.8.0.10 (fixed in 11.8.0.10)

Published 2025-11-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.