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CVE-2006-1002
NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router has a default account of super_username "Gearguy" and super_passwd "Geardog", which allows remote…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router has a default account of super_username "Gearguy" and super_passwd "Geardog", which allows remote attackers to modify the configuration. NOTE: followup posts have suggested that this might not occur with all WGT624 routers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- netgear-wgt624-default-account(24926) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060226 NETGEAR WGT624 ? Wireless DSL router default user name/password vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20071220 Re: Re: NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router default user name/password vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060227 Re: NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router default user name/password vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060413 Re: Re: NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless DSL router default user name/password vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1006 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-1002)Record last updated .