CVE-2018-1144 Command injection in N750 DB Wi-Fi Dual-Band N+ Gigabit Router (F9K1103)

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Remote unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands as root on Belkin N750 routers via crafted HTTP requests to proxy.cgi.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-1144?

CVE-2018-1144 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Belkin N750 DB Wi-Fi Dual-Band N+ Gigabit Router (F9K1103), published on 19 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A remote unauthenticated user can execute commands as root in the Belkin N750 using firmware version 1.10.22 by sending a crafted HTTP request to proxy.cgi.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1144?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Belkin N750 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1144?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2018-1144 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1144 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wpqf-pc7w-358f.

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