SB2020072419 - Multiple vulnerabilities in ASUS RT-AC1900P router
Published: July 24, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15498)
CWE-ID: CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
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)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.