CVE-2008-6605 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause network outages on 2wire routers via CSRF in the xslt script, requiring user interaction to trigger the malicious request.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2008-6605?

CVE-2008-6605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Apr 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the xslt script in the web-based management interface on the 2wire 1701HG, 1800HW, 2071HG, and 2700HG with firmware 3.17.5, 3.7.1, 4.25.19, or 5.29.51 allows remote attackers to hijack the intranet connectivity of arbitrary users for requests that cause a denial of service (network outage) via a page parameter with a % (percent) character followed by a non-alphanumeric character.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6605?

It affects 4 products.

Products include 2wire 1701hg, 2wire 1800hw, 2wire 2071hg, 2wire 2700hg.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6605?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6605 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-6605 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6605 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2xf9-2vp2-w4x6.

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