CVE-2021-35973

Published Jun 30, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
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 &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).

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-22606 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).
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 12:47 AM
Reserved
Jun 30, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 30, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:58 AM