Critical severity · published Jun 30, 2021
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…
9.8
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 ¤tsetting.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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WF
Wac104 Firmware · Netgear
before 1.0.4.15 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35973
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35973
Exploit
https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=736
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000063785/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-WAC104-PSV-2021-0075
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