CVE-2009-1561

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administration.cgi on the Cisco Linksys WRT54GC router with firmware 1.05.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the intranet connectivity of arbitrary users for requests that change the administrator password via the sysPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.60% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-04/0198.html mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0904-exploits/linksysadmin-passwd.txt exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1172 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.falandodeseguranca.com/?p=17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34616 vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34805 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1561?
CVE-2009-1561 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1561?
To fix CVE-2009-1561, 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-2009-1561 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1561 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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