CVE-2009-1561 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in administration.cgi on the Cisco Linksys WRT54GC router with firmware 1.05.7 allows remote attackers to hijack the intranet connectivity of arbitrary users for requests that change the administrator password via the sysPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.36% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-05-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | wrt54gc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linksys WRT54GC 1.5.7 Firmware - 'administration.cgi' Access Validation | 2009-04-20 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-04/0198.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0904-exploits/linksysadmin-passwd.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34805
- http://www.falandodeseguranca.com/?p=17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34616
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1172
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-04/0198.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0904-exploits/linksysadmin-passwd.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34805
- http://www.falandodeseguranca.com/?p=17
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34616
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1172
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