CVE-2009-2256
The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 7.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The administrative web interface on the Netgear DG632 with firmware 3.4.0_ap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (web outage) via an HTTP POST request to cgi-bin/firmwarecfg.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Netgear DG632 Router - Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8964dos, hardwarepublished 15 Jun 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8964 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 20090616 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] Netgear DG632 Router Remote DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.tomneaves.co.uk/Netgear_DG632_Remote_DoS.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20090615 Re: Netgear DG632 Router Remote DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 8964 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1022403 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2009-2252 (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-2009-2256)Record last updated .