Sense of Security – Security Advisory – SOS-12-001
The privilege escalation is possible because the form used to login as the admin user is the same form for resetting the admin password, and the user is not required to enter their old password when changing their password. This form is also vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). This issue is exploitable on the following pages: Version 7, 8: http://x.x.x.x/advanced_network.htm Version 6 and below: http://x.x.x.x/advanced.htm Where an attacker can reset the Administrator password by removing all password attempt variables and adding the following POST data: admin_mode=on admin_mode_password=newpass admin_mode_password_confirm=newpass Settings=Save hidden_tag=(leave as the current post variable if CSRF protection is enabled in firmware versions 7.1.33 and above)