CVE-2019-7579

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-7579
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-17 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered on Linksys WRT1900ACS 1.0.3.187766 devices. An ability exists for an unauthenticated user to browse a confidential ui/1.0.99.187766/dynamic/js/setup.js.localized file on the router's webserver, allowing for an attacker to identify possible passwords that the system uses to set the default guest network password. An attacker can use this list of 30 words along with a random 2 digit number to brute force their access onto a router's guest network.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Linksys Wrt1900acs - All All All
Hardware Linksys Wrt1900acs - All All All
Operating System Linksys Wrt1900acs Firmware 1.0.3.187766 All All All
Operating System Linksys Wrt1900acs Firmware 1.0.3.187766 All All All

References

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Robot Security MISC robot-security.blogspot.com Not Applicable
My second CVE, LinkSys- WRT ACS- CVE-2019-7579 (or as i call it…acceptance…no one considers security by design) – T0b0rx0r Blog! MISC www.x0rsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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