CVE-2024-6646 Scanner.
Netgear-WN604 downloadFile.php - Information Disclosure
Free and read-only. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
What This Check Does.
Read-only
It only asks your site for public pages, the way a browser would. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored.
Up to 1 request
A small, fixed number of requests, so the check is quick and will not load your site.
Looks for CVE-2024-6646
It looks for the specific sign of this one vulnerability and ends with a clear answer: vulnerable, not vulnerable, or could not be determined.
About CVE-2024-6646. What It Means.
There is an information leakage vulnerability in the downloadFile.php interface of Netgear WN604. A remote attacker using file authentication can use this vulnerability to obtain the administrator account and password information of the wireless router, causing the router's background to be controlled. The attacker can initiate damage to the wireless network or further threaten it.
FAQ
Common Questions.
Netgear-WN604 downloadFile.php - Information Disclosure. There is an information leakage vulnerability in the downloadFile.php interface of Netgear WN604. A remote attacker using file authentication can use this vulnerability to obtain the administrator account and password information of the wireless router, causing the router's background to be controlled. The attacker can initiate damage to the wireless network or further threaten it.
Atlas sends up to 1 read-only request to your site and looks for the specific sign of CVE-2024-6646 in NETGEAR WN604. Nothing is changed, uploaded or stored on your site.
CVE-2024-6646 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of writing, but it is still worth fixing. Its CVSS score is 5.3.
Yes. The check only reads public pages, the same way a browser or a search engine would. Scan only sites you own or are allowed to test.
It means no sign of CVE-2024-6646 was found by this read-only check. It does not prove the site is free of other weaknesses.
Update NETGEAR WN604 to the latest version from the vendor, or follow the vendor's advice to switch off the affected feature. The vendor links and details are in the CVE-2024-6646 briefing linked on this page.
Scan only sites you own or have written permission to test. A result of Not Vulnerable means this read-only check found no sign of CVE-2024-6646; it is not a guarantee that the site is secure.