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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Linksys WRT160N 2.0.03 build 009. This affects an unknown function of the file apply.cgi. The manipulation of the argument next_page leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2678. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linksys WRT160N 2.0.03 build 009 (Router Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the file apply.cgi. The manipulation of the argument next_page with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2012. The weakness was disclosed 02/11/2013 by Michael Messner (m1k3) with s3cur1ty as m1adv2013-012 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at s3cur1ty.de. The public release happened without involvement of Linksys. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2678 since 03/22/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by m-1-k-3 and been published immediately after the advisory. 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 72 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 databases at Exploit-DB (24478) and OSVDB (90094†). The entries VDB-7608, VDB-7609, VDB-7610 and VDB-7611 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• Router Operating System

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• Linksys

Name

• WRT160N

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• 2.0.03 build 009

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.linksys.com/

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