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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Linksys E4200 L 1.10. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file apply.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument log_type/ping_ip/ping_size/submit_type leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2679. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Linksys E4200 L 1.10 (Router Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file apply.cgi. The manipulation of the argument log_type/ping_ip/ping_size/submit_type with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/06/2013 by Hoyt LLC as confirmed exploit (Blog). The advisory is shared for download at cloudscan.me. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2679 since 03/22/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

A public exploit has been developed by sqlhacker and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at cloudscan.me. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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 (25292) and OSVDB (93060†). The entries VDB-7438, VDB-7439, VDB-7440 and VDB-8623 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Router Operating System

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• Cisco

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• Linksys E4200

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• L 1.10

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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