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Acexy Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 - Repeater Password Disclosure

ID: CVE-2021-28937

Severity: high

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve2021,cve,acexy,disclosure,iot

Acexy Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 is vulnerable to password disclosure because the password.html page of the web management interface contains the administrator account password in plaintext.

id: CVE-2021-28937
info:
name: Acexy Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 - Repeater Password Disclosure
author: geeknik
severity: high
description: Acexy Wireless-N WiFi Repeater REV 1.0 is vulnerable to password disclosure because the password.html page of the web management interface contains the administrator account password in plaintext.
impact: |
An attacker can obtain the repeater's password, compromising the security of the network.
remediation: |
Update the firmware to the latest version or replace the vulnerable repeater with a secure alternative.
reference:
- https://blog-ssh3ll.medium.com/acexy-wireless-n-wifi-repeater-vulnerabilities-8bd5d14a2990
- http://acexy.com
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28937
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2021-28937
cwe-id: CWE-312
epss-score: 0.03261
epss-percentile: 0.91257
cpe: cpe:2.3:h:acexy:wireless-n_wifi_repeater:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: acexy
product: wireless-n_wifi_repeater
tags: cve2021,cve,acexy,disclosure,iot
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/password.html"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "Password Setting"
- "addCfg('username'"
- "addCfg('newpass'"
condition: and
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201436eb192a18ef30b69a2aa8b448dbc91484cbc12183f340f5c946666e77cf17022100be9045e44ee3fe99c45b37b11fa3dc7ed8e2cad354cdac21dfc7381413882299:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2021-28937.yaml"

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