Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

NETGEAR Administrator Password Disclosure

Back to Search

NETGEAR Administrator Password Disclosure

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module will collect the password for the `admin` user. The exploit will not complete if password recovery is set on the router. The password is received by passing the token generated from `unauth.cgi` to `passwordrecovered.cgi`. This exploit works on many different NETGEAR products. The full list of affected products is available in the 'References' section.

Author(s)

  • Simon Kenin
  • thecarterb

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use auxiliary/gather/netgear_password_disclosure
msf auxiliary(netgear_password_disclosure) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(netgear_password_disclosure) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(netgear_password_disclosure) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(netgear_password_disclosure) > run

Metasploit

Penetration testing software for offensive security teams.
Key Features
Free Metasploit Pro Trial View All Features

Time is precious, so I don’t want to do something manually that I can automate. Leveraging the Metasploit Framework when automating any task keeps us from having to re-create the wheel as we can use the existing libraries and focus our efforts where it matters.

– Jim O’Gorman | President, Offensive Security

;