Credential disclosure via unauthorized SOAP password recovery
Published Feb 4, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper access control in the SOAP API of NETGEAR R7450 1.2.0.62_1.0.1 allows attackers to disclose stored administrative credentials. The RecoverAdminPassword endpoint on TCP port 80 returns stored credentials without enforcing authorization. No authentication is required, but the attacker must reach the router from an adjacent network; the disclosed credentials enable further compromise.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in the SOAP API of NETGEAR R7450 1.2.0.62_1.0.1 allows attackers to disclose stored administrative credentials. The RecoverAdminPassword endpoint on TCP port 80 returns stored credentials without enforcing authorization. No authentication is required, but the attacker must reach the router from an adjacent network; the disclosed credentials enable further compromise.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-27873
- Published
- Feb 4, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- NETGEAR
- Product
- Nighthawk AC2600 Smart WiFi Router R7450
- Classifications
- CWE-284, CWE-863, T1555
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 4, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.2.0.62_1.0.1
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