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Summary
Title ASUS RP-AC52 contains multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name VU#763843 First vendor Publication 2016-10-17
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2016-10-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#763843

ASUS RP-AC52 contains multiple vulnerabilities

Original Release date: 17 Oct 2016 | Last revised: 28 Oct 2016

Overview

The ASUS RP-AC52 access point, firmware version 1.0.1.1s and possibly earlier, is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery and command injection.

Description

CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) - CVE-2016-6557

The RP-AC52 web interface does not sufficiently verify whether a valid request was intentionally provided by the user. An attacker can perform actions with the same permissions as a victim user, provided the victim has an active session and is induced to trigger the malicious request.

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') - CVE-2016-6558

A command injection vulnerability exists in apply.cgi on the RP-AC52 web interface specifically in the action_script parameter. The action_script parameter specifies a script to be executed if the action_mode parameter does not contain a valid state. If the input provided by action_script does not match one of the hard coded options, then it will be executed as the argument of either a system() or an eval() call allowing arbitrary commands to be executed.

The most recent version of the RP-AC52 firmware, version 1.0.1.1s, has been confirmed vulnerable by the researcher. Source code analysis would indicate that earlier versions are vulnerable as well.

Based on a source code analysis of firmware version 1.0.1.1q the following devices are also suspected to be vulnerable:

EA-N66

RP-N12

RP-N14

RP-N53

RP-AC56

WMP-N12

The CVSS score below reflects CVE-2016-6557.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link, resulting in settings modification, privilege escalation, or complete control of the system.

Solution

Apply an update

The vendor has released firmware updates for the RP-N12, RP-N12, RP-AC52, RP-N53, EA-N66, RP-AC56 devices to address the issues.
The WMP-N12 will not be receiving an update.

If you are unable to apply an update, please consider the following workarounds:

Restrict access and use strong passwords

LAN hosts should not browse the Internet while the web management interface has an active session in a browser tab. As a general good security practice, only allow trusted hosts to connect to the LAN. Implement strong passwords for WiFi and for the web management interface. Strong passwords can help to prevent blind guessing attempts that would establish sessions for CSRF attacks.

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
AsusTek Computer Inc.Affected30 Aug 201612 Oct 2016
If you are a vendor and your product is affected, let us know.

CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Temporal8.0E:POC/RL:W/RC:ND
Environmental6.0CDP:N/TD:M/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • None

Credit

Thanks to Ian Smith for reporting these vulnerabilities.

This document was written by Trent Novelly.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2016-6557 CVE-2016-6558
  • Date Public:17 Oct 2016
  • Date First Published:17 Oct 2016
  • Date Last Updated:28 Oct 2016
  • Document Revision:16

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/763843

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE/SANS Top 25)
50 % CWE-77 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

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Date Informations
2018-09-10 21:24:27
  • Multiple Updates
2018-07-14 00:21:04
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-28 21:21:16
  • Multiple Updates
2016-10-17 21:23:52
  • First insertion