TP-LINK TL-WR841N Router Directory Traversal and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities


Description   Matan Azugi has reported two vulnerabilities in the TP-LINK TL-WR841N Router, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information and conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.
1) Input appended to the URL after help/ is not properly verified before being used. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences.
2) The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to e.g. modify user credentials if a logged-in administrative user visits a malicious web site.
The vulnerabilities are reported in firmware version 3.13.9 build 120201 Rel.54965n. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable OS:
TP-LINK TL-WR841N RouterVulnerable Software:
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE   CVE-2012-5687
     
References   http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-10/0224.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-12/0094.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-11-02 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote