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CVE-2018-12710 (GCVE-0-2018-12710)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:45
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 2.02NA devices. Being local to the network and having only "User" account (which is a low privilege account) access, an attacker can intercept the response from a POST request to obtain "Admin" rights due to the admin password being displayed in XML.
Severity
8.0 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/45 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45306/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2018-08-27 00:00
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