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Linksys WRT54GL apply.cgi Command Execution

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Disclosed
Jan 18, 2013
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

Some Linksys Routers are vulnerable to an authenticated OS command injection in
the Web Interface. Default credentials are admin/admin or admin/password. Since it
is a blind os command injection vulnerability, there is no output for the executed
command when using the cmd generic payload. A ping command against a controlled
system could be used for testing purposes. The user must be prudent when using this
module since it modifies the router configuration while exploitation, even when it
tries to restore previous values.

Authors

Michael Messner [email protected]
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd, mipsle

References

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 exploit/linux/http/linksys_wrt54gl_apply_exec
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt54gl_apply_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt54gl_apply_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt54gl_apply_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(linksys_wrt54gl_apply_exec) > exploit
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