CVE-2021-35973

NETGEAR WAC104 devices before 1.0.4.15 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in /usr/sbin/mini_httpd, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to invoke any action by adding the &currentsetting.htm substring to the HTTP query, a related issue to CVE-2020-27866. This directly allows the attacker to change the web UI password, and eventually to enable debug mode (telnetd) and gain a shell on the device as the admin limited-user account (however, escalation to root is simple because of weak permissions on the /etc/ directory).
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac104_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac104:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

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CWE CWE-287 CWE-697

07 Jul 2021, 15:34

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References (MISC) https://kb.netgear.com/000063785/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-WAC104-PSV-2021-0075 - (MISC) https://kb.netgear.com/000063785/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-WAC104-PSV-2021-0075 - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=736 - (MISC) https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=736 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-287
CPE cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wac104:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netgear:wac104_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 10.0
v3 : 9.8

30 Jun 2021, 15:21

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-06-30 15:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:55


NVD link : CVE-2021-35973

Mitre link : CVE-2021-35973

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-35973


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Products Affected

netgear

  • wac104_firmware
  • wac104
CWE
CWE-697

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