Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2021-35973
CVE-2021-35973
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).
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Affected products
2- NETGEAR/WAC104description
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gynvael.coldwind.plmitrex_refsource_MISC
- kb.netgear.com/000063785/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-WAC104-PSV-2021-0075mitrex_refsource_MISC
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