Unauthorized router file download via Download Interface
Published Apr 26, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2025
Improper authorization in GL.iNet router firmware 4.x allows remote authenticated users to download files through the Download Interface. The vendor identifies unauthorized file download in the interface but has not published the affected request, authorization check, or path-handling logic. Exploitation requires low privileges and adjacent-network access; the published impact is limited to reading router files.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in GL.iNet router firmware 4.x allows remote authenticated users to download files through the Download Interface. The vendor identifies unauthorized file download in the interface but has not published the affected request, authorization check, or path-handling logic. Exploitation requires low privileges and adjacent-network access; the published impact is limited to reading router files.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2850
- Published
- Apr 26, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2025
- Vendor
- GL.iNet
- Product
- GL-AX1800 Flint
- Classifications
- CWE-285, CWE-266, T1005
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.x
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