CVE-2007-6708

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on the Cisco Linksys WAG54GS Wireless-G ADSL Gateway with 1.01.03 and earlier firmware allow remote attackers to perform actions as administrators via an arbitrary valid request to an administrative URI, as demonstrated by (1) a Restore Factory Defaults action using the mtenRestore parameter to setup.cgi and (2) creation of a user account using the sysname parameter to setup.cgi.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.26%
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/ exploit
http://osvdb.org/43537 vdb entry
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/persistent-xss-and-csrf-on-wireless-g-adsl-gateway-with-speedbooster-wag54gs/ exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41269 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/43538 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6708?
CVE-2007-6708 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6708?
To fix CVE-2007-6708, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6708 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6708 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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