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Genie R6200v2 - Botnet Vulnerability on Port 7547
Could someone at Netgear explain to me why port 7547 is open to the outside internet? This port is for CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), apparently. I have remote management turned off. Due to the recent botnet attacks I had an external scan done on my network and this port was found to be open. Is this something that is open on the router itself and if so how do I turn this off? A basic Google search shows that this port can be used for malicious purposes and could definitely be an exploit. I changed the password when I first installed the router but I'm concerned as to why this port would be open.