CVE-2016-5676

high

Published 2016-08-31 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

cgi-bin/cgi_system in NUUO NVRmini 2 1.7.5 through 2.x, NUUO NVRsolo 1.7.5 through 2.x, and NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance 1.1.1 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to reset the administrator password via a cmd=loaddefconfig action.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/nuuo_nvrmini_reset rank 300

NUUO NVRmini 2 / NETGEAR ReadyNAS Surveillance Default Configuration Load and Administrator Password Reset

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.1.1`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.1.2`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.2.0.4`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.3.2.4`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.3.2.14`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.4.0`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.4.1`
netgear	readynas_surveillance	`1.4.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-285

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.