CVE-2017-2137

low

Published 2017-04-28 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

3.7

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

CVSS v2

4.3

VIR risk

3.7

Description

ProSAFE Plus Configuration Utility prior to 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to bypass access restriction and change configurations of the switch via SOAP requests.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

47%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: vultures@jpcert.or.jp — https://kb.netgear.com/000038443/Security-Advisory-for-Insecure-SOAP-Access-in-ProSAFE-Plus-Configuration-Utility-PSV-2017-1997

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
netgear	prosafe_plus_configuration_utility	`{"endIncluding":"2.3.28"}`

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN08740778/index.html
https://kb.netgear.com/000038443/Security-Advisory-for-Insecure-SOAP-Access-in-ProSAFE-Plus-Configuration-Utility-PSV-2017-1997
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN08740778/index.html
https://kb.netgear.com/000038443/Security-Advisory-for-Insecure-SOAP-Access-in-ProSAFE-Plus-Configuration-Utility-PSV-2017-1997

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