CVE-2008-6975 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 14 Aug 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions to execute commands or change credentials via CSRF in DD-WRT routers.

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

What is CVE-2008-6975?

CVE-2008-6975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in apply.cgi in DD-WRT 24 sp2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) execute arbitrary commands via the ping_ip parameter; (2) change the administrative credentials via the http_username and http_passwd parameters; (3) enable remote administration via the remote_management parameter; or (4) configure port forwarding via certain from, to, ip, and pro parameters. NOTE: This issue reportedly exists because of a "weak ... anti-CSRF fix" implemented in 24 sp2.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6975?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Dd-Wrt Dd-Wrt.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6975?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-6975 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-6975 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-96w9-7v87-99v9.