CVE-2020-35800: Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects AC2100 before 1.2.0.72, AC2400 before 1.2.0.72, AC2600 before 1.2.0.72, CBK40 before 2.5.0.10, CBR40 before 2.5.0.10, D6000 before 1.0.0.80, D6220 before 1.0.0.60, D6400 before 1.0.0.94, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.62, D7800 before 1.0.3.48, D8500 before 1.0.3.50, DC112A before 1.0.0.48, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.114, DM200 before 1.0.0.66, EAX20 before 1.0.0.36, EAX80 before 1.0.1.62, EX2700 before 1.0.1.58, EX3110 before 1.0.1.68, EX3700 before 1.0.0.84, EX3800 before 1.0.0.84, EX3920 before 1.0.0.84, EX6000 before 1.0.0.44, EX6100v2 before 1.0.1.94, EX6110 before 1.0.1.68, EX6120 before 1.0.0.54, EX6130 before 1.0.0.36, EX6150v1 before 1.0.0.46, EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.94, EX6200v1 before 1.0.3.94, EX6250 before 1.0.0.128, EX6400 before 1.0.2.152, EX6400v2 before 1.0.0.128, EX6410 before 1.0.0.128, EX6920 before 1.0.0.54, EX7000 before 1.0.1.90, EX7300 before 1.0.2.152, EX7300v2 before 1.0.0.128, EX7320 before 1.0.0.128, EX7500 before 1.0.0.68, EX7700 before 1.0.0.210, EX8000 before 1.0.1.224, MK62 before 1.0.5.102, MR60 before 1.0.5.102, MS60 before 1.0.5.102, R6120 before 1.0.0.70, R6220 bef

Description from the National Vulnerability Database, published by MITRE

What it means for a small business

Ac2100 Firmware is network equipment or remote-access software: the box between your office and the internet. These are a favorite target because breaking one opens the whole office.

If an IT provider set it up, ask them to confirm the firmware version and the date it was updated. If nobody looks after it, that's the bigger problem.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at 1.6%, higher than 76% of CVEs. That’s above average: worth scheduling this week. Scored November 11, 2026, updated daily.

Check your own setup

Website check: reads what your site runs from the outside (WordPress version, plugins it can see, old server software) and matches it against this database.
Server check: what your web server says about itself, and whether that version has known flaws.

Sources

Part of the Huttenlocher Technologies vulnerability database, refreshed twice a day from CISA and the NVD. The title, category and plain-language guidance are ours; check the linked record before acting on a detail. This is general guidance, not a review of your systems.

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