PT-2017-18566 · Peplink · Peplink Balance

Published 2017-06-05 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2017-8836

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Peplink Balance devices versions prior to 7.0.1-build2093

Description The issue affects the CGI scripts in the administrative interface, allowing an attacker to execute commands if a logged-in user visits a malicious website. This can be used to change the credentials of the administrative web interface.

Recommendations For Peplink Balance devices with firmware before 7.0.1-build2093, update to firmware version 7.0.1-build2093 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8836

Affected Products

Peplink Balance

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42130 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8836 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8836 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jun/1 · Note
• https://x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-005-peplink · Note