By SecurityWeek News on September 08, 2015 NETGEAR has released a firmware update to address a vulnerability in its WMS5316 ProSafe 16AP Wireless Management System that could result in authentication bypass and privilege escalation.
The flaw was discovered by Elliott Lewis of Reinforce Services back in April 2015, and was responsibly disclosed with the vendor, which has made a new firmware version available for download to resolve the issue.
The issue has been found to affect all WMS5316 ProSafe 16AP Wireless Management System devices that are running firmware version 2.1.4.15 (Build 1236), but there is a possibility that other firmware releases are also affected. Firmware version 2.1.5 includes a fix for the flaw. Full Article
NETGEAR Patches Vulnerability in Wireless Management System
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