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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GL.iNet GL-AR300M-Lite 2.27. This affects an unknown function of the file login_cgi. Such manipulation leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-6272. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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A vulnerability was found in GL.iNet GL-AR300M-Lite 2.27 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file login_cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Command injection vulnerability in login_cgi in GL.iNet GL-AR300M-Lite devices with firmware 2.27 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2019. The weakness was presented 03/21/2019 as EDB-ID 46179 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6272 since 01/14/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 64 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (46179). See VDB-132009, VDB-132010 and VDB-132011 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• GL.iNet

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• GL-AR300M-Lite

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• 2.27

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