ZTE ZXDSL 831 Insecure Direct Object Reference

vendor:

ZXDSL 831CII

by:

Paulos Yibelo

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

Insecure Direct Object Reference

639

CWE

Product Name: ZXDSL 831CII

Affected Version From: -

Affected Version To: -

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: -

CPE: -

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7

2014

ZTE ZXDSL 831 Insecure Direct Object Reference

ZTE ZXDSL 831CII suffers from an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass. The modem usually serves html files & protects them with HTTP Basic authentication. however, the cgi files, does not get this protection. so simply requesting any cgi file (without no authentication) would give a remote attacker full access to the modem and then can easily be used to root the modem and disrupt network activities.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of the ZTE ZXDSL 831CII firmware.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: ZTE ZXDSL 831 Insecure Direct Object Reference
# Date: 11/3/2014
# Exploit Author: Paulos Yibelo
# Vendor Homepage: zte.com.cn
# Software Link: -
# Version: -
# Tested on: Windows 7
# CVE :-

ZTE ZXDSL 831CII suffers from an insecure direct object reference
vulnerability that allows for authentication bypass.

The modem usually serves html files & protects them with HTTP Basic
authentication. however, the cgi files, does not get this protection.
so simply requesting any cgi file (without no authentication) would
give a remote attacker full access to the modem and then can easily be
used to root the modem and disrupt network activities.

So requesting modem.ip.address would result HTTP Authentication
request, but simply requesting http://192.168.1.1/main.cgi will bypass
it.

PoC: http://192.168.1.1/adminpasswd.cgi (will result admin password
change page) - viewing the source will show the current password
(unencrypted)
http://192.168.1.1/userpasswd.cgi
http://192.168.1.1/upload.cgi
http://192.168.1.1/conprocess.cgi
http://192.168.1.1/connect.cgi
.
.