Technicolor TD5130 Router 2.05.C29GV failrefer cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Technicolor TD5130 Router 2.05.C29GV. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation of the argument failrefer causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9142. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Technicolor TD5130 Router 2.05.C29GV (Router Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument failrefer with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Technicolor Router TD5130 with firmware 2.05.C29GV allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the failrefer parameter.

The weakness was shared 12/05/2014 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9142 since 11/29/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Crash and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 1 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 (35462). The entries VDB-73101 and VDB-73100 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Router Operating System

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• Technicolor

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• TD5130 Router

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• 2.05.C29GV

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• commercial

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