Unauthenticated password reset via exposed setup wizard
Published Oct 31, 2023 · Updated Oct 28, 2024
Incorrect authorization in TOTOLINK A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_B20221024 allows remote attackers to reset router passwords without authentication. The /wizard.html and /phone/wizard.html flows submit setWizardCfg to /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi, which applies new Wi-Fi and administrator passwords without checking an authenticated session. Network access to the management interface is sufficient, and a successful request replaces wireless keys and the login password, locking legitimate administrators out.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in TOTOLINK A3300R 17.0.0cu.557_B20221024 allows remote attackers to reset router passwords without authentication. The /wizard.html and /phone/wizard.html flows submit setWizardCfg to /cgi-bin/cstecgi.cgi, which applies new Wi-Fi and administrator passwords without checking an authenticated session. Network access to the management interface is sufficient, and a successful request replaces wireless keys and the login password, locking legitimate administrators out.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-46992
- Published
- Oct 31, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 28, 2024
- Vendor
- TOTOLINK
- Product
- A3300R
- Classifications
- CWE-863, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 31, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 28, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=17.0.0cu.557_b20221024
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Public exploit references
- A3300R unauthenticated setWizardCfg password-reset proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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