{"id":"CVE-2021-35973","published":"2021-06-30T14:41:04Z","modified":"2024-08-04T00:47:43Z","title":"NETGEAR WAC104 devices before 1.0.4.15 are affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in /usr/sbin/mini_httpd…","vendor":null,"product":null,"tier":"tail","description":{"text":"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).","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org CNA"},"epss":{"score":0.03064,"percentile":0.87574,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en&id=736","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000063785/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-WAC104-PSV-2021-0075","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"priority":{"score":24.4,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":17.51},{"name":"CVSS severity","points":6.86}]},"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2021-22606","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"},"lineage":{"parents":[{"from":"CVE-2020-27866","to":"CVE-2021-35973","relation":"related","confidence":"low","kind":"lineage","evidence":[{"kind":"text","provenance":"source","relation":"related","quote":"…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.","from":"CVE.org","in":"CVE-2021-35973"}]}]}}