CVE-2025-12940

Credentials recorded in logs in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y

State: Published
Severity: 0.5 Low
Published: Nov 11, 2025
Updated: Nov 14, 2025
Reserved: Nov 10, 2025

Description

Login credentials are inadvertently recorded in logs if a Syslog Server is configured in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y (AX1800 Dual Band PoE Multi-Gig Insight Managed WiFi 6 Access Points). An user having access to the syslog server can read the logs containing these credentials.

This issue affects WAX610: before 10.8.11.4; WAX610Y: before 10.8.11.4.

Devices managed with Insight get automatic updates. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.

Fixed in:

WAX610 firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.

WAX610Y firmware 11.8.0.10 or later.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	0.5 Low	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber	NETGEAR

Weaknesses

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WAX610NETGEAR	before 10.8.11.4Affected
WAX610YNETGEAR	before 10.8.11.4Affected

References

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610productpatch
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610yproductpatch
https://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025vendor-advisory

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