PT-2017-18568 · Peplink · Peplink Balance

Published 2017-06-05 · Updated 2017-08-13 · CVE-2017-8838

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Peplink Balance devices (models 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500) with firmware before fw-b305hw2 380hw6 580hw2 710hw3 1350hw2 2500-7.0.1-build2093

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists via the syncid parameter. The affected script is located at the "cgi-bin/HASync/hasync.cgi" endpoint.

Recommendations For Peplink Balance devices (models 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500) with firmware before fw-b305hw2 380hw6 580hw2 710hw3 1350hw2 2500-7.0.1-build2093, update the firmware to a version after fw-b305hw2 380hw6 580hw2 710hw3 1350hw2 2500-7.0.1-build2093 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "cgi-bin/HASync/hasync.cgi" endpoint until the firmware can be updated.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8838

Affected Products

Peplink Balance

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42130 · Exploit
• https://x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-005-peplink · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8838 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8838 · Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jun/1 · Note