Vulnerability CVE-2018-17440
Published: 2018-10-08

Description:
An issue was discovered on D-Link Central WiFi Manager before v 1.03r0100-Beta1. They expose an FTP server that serves by default on port 9000 and has hardcoded credentials (admin, admin). Taking advantage of this, a remote unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading any file in the web root directory and then accessing it via a request.

Type:

CWE-434

 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial

 References:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/11
https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10092
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45533/
https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/d-link-central-wifimanager-software-controller-multiple-vulnerabilities
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