CVE-2018-14558 Tenda AC7, AC9, and AC10 Routers Command Injection

Exploited in the wild Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands on Tenda AC7, AC9, and AC10 routers via a crafted request to the USB unload function.

Exploited in the wild
Since 3 Nov 2021
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-14558?

CVE-2018-14558 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Tenda Ac10 Firmware, published on 30 Oct 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Tenda AC7 devices with firmware through V15.03.06.44_CN(AC7), AC9 devices with firmware through V15.03.05.19(6318)_CN(AC9), and AC10 devices with firmware through V15.03.06.23_CN(AC10). A command Injection vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted goform/setUsbUnload request. This occurs because the "formsetUsbUnload" function executes a dosystemCmd function with untrusted input.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14558?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Tenda Ac10 Firmware, Tenda Ac7 Firmware, Tenda Ac9 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14558?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-14558 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

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

Is CVE-2018-14558 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-14558 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

All Tenda Ac10 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jh5j-w2c9-jcff.

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