Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52081

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 15 July 2025

Published
15 July 2025
Modified
12 August 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0028 51.9th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-52081 is a medium-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Netgear Xr300 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 48.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

In Netgear XR300 V1.0.3.38_10.3.30, a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the HTTPD service through the usb_device.cgi endpoint. The vulnerability occurs when processing POST requests containing the usb_folder parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-121

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Stack-based buffer overflow in the public-facing HTTPD usb_device.cgi endpoint on Netgear XR300 enables remote code execution via crafted POST requests to the usb_folder parameter.

Affected Assets

netgear
xr300 firmware
1.0.3.38

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References