CERT advises users to ‘discontinue use’ of two Netgear routers due to major security flaw

In a major setback for Netgear, it appears that at least two of its high-end routers may contain a severe security flaw according to an advisory issued by CERT.

The vulnerability itself is incredibly easy to leverage and simply relies upon accessing a specially crafted URL in the following format from the local network:

    http://< router_IP >/cgi-bin/;COMMAND