In a blog post published this week, researchers at security firm GRIMM outlined a flaw found on at least 11 popular Netgear routers, including the R6400v2, R6700, R6700v3, R6900, R6900P, R7000, R7000P, R7850, R7900, R8000, RS400. The vulnerability allows hackers to launch a Man in the Middle Attack and remotely take over a user’s network.
According to GRIMM’s research, the flaw is related to parental-control software from Circle Media Labs. The Circle parental controls feature is an optional service that users need to activate. However, the software that runs and updates it comes pre-programmed into the router. In other words, the flaw affects anyone running standard Netgear router firmware.
While Netgear released emergency patch fixes for the issue on the models listed above, we can flash your router to an alternative firmware that includes many extra security features and fixes this vulnerability.
