NETGEAR Routers - Serial Number Disclosure

ID: netgear-router-exposure

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: edb,netgear,exposure,iot,router

Description

Multiple NETGEAR router models disclose their serial number which can be used to obtain the admin password if password recovery is enabled.

YAML Source

id: netgear-router-exposure

info:
  name: NETGEAR Routers - Serial Number Disclosure
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Multiple NETGEAR router models disclose their serial number which can be used to obtain the admin password if password recovery is enabled.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47117
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: edb,netgear,exposure,iot,router

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/rootDesc.xml"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
          - 501
        condition: or

      - type: word
        words:
          - "<serialNumber>"
          - "<deviceType>"
          - "<modelNumber>"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/xml

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        group: 1
        regex:
          - "<serialNumber>([A-Z0-9]+)<\\/serialNumber>"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100fda02f7f5ac234f05d17e77cbcb8e6311502e70c95d657cb8b81fb919640c7b1022100c283fc1abf9bf6977a17db1dd27a2ef1756ae0e5055877d66ee3a70fb94aebae:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/vulnerabilities/other/netgear-router-exposure.yaml"

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