SB2020072419 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ASUS RT-AC1900P router 

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SB2020072419 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ASUS RT-AC1900P router

Published: July 24, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020072419
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15498)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a missing certification validation within the downloading firmware updates. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack and gain access to sensitive information on the target system.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15499)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in firmware release notes dialog in the router management web interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References