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Improper Access Control

CVE-2016-7811

High
8.8/10

Summary

Corega CG-WLR300NX firmware Ver. 1.20 and earlier allows an attacker on the same network segment to bypass access restriction to perform arbitrary operations via unspecified vectors.

  • LOW
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published