Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administration.cgi on the Cisco Linksys WRT54GC router with firmware 1.05.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the intranet connectivity of arbitrary users for requests that change the administrator password via the sysPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Linksys WRT54GC 1.5.7 Firmware - 'administration.cgi' Access Validation EDB-32931 · remote · Apr 20, 2009 · verified
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References
- 20090418 Linksys WRT54GC - Admin Password Change (POC) mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0904-exploits/linksysadmin-passwd.txt
- ADV-2009-1172 vdb-entry
- http://www.falandodeseguranca.com/?p=17
- 34616 vdb-entry
- 34805 third-party-advisory