Linksys MR8300 1.0 DDNS Service username/password os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linksys MR8300 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component DDNS Service Handler. Such manipulation of the argument username/password leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-38132. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linksys MR8300 1.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component DDNS Service Handler. The manipulation of the argument username/password with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Command injection vulnerability in Linksys MR8300 router while Registration to DDNS Service. By specifying username and password, an attacker connected to the router's web interface can execute arbitrary OS commands. The username and password fields are not sanitized correctly and are used as URL construction arguments, allowing URL redirection to an arbitrary server, downloading an arbitrary script file, and eventually executing the file in the device. This issue affects: Linksys MR8300 Router 1.0.

The weakness was shared 08/24/2022. The advisory is available at downloads.linksys.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-38132 since 08/10/2022. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2022). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• Linksys

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• MR8300

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• 1.0

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.linksys.com/

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