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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CVE-2020-29655

High
7.5/10

Summary

An injection vulnerability exists in RT-AC88U Download Master before 3.1.0.108. Accessing Main_Login.asp?flag=1&productname=FOOBAR&url=/downloadmaster/task.asp will redirect to the login site, which will show the value of the parameter productname within the title. An attacker might be able to influence the appearance of the login page, aka text injection.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-74 - Injection

Listed as the number one web application security risk on the 'OWASP Top Ten', injection attacks are widespread and dangerous, especially in legacy applications. Injection attacks are a class of vulnerabilities in which an attacker injects untrusted data into a web application that gets processed by an interpreter, altering the program's execution. This can result in data loss/theft, loss of data integrity, denial of service, and even compromising the entire system.

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Advisory Timeline

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