Information disclosure in Humaxdigital Hg100r
CVE-2017-11435
The Humax Wi-Fi Router model HG100R-* 2.0.6 is prone to an authentication bypass vulnerability via specially crafted requests to the management console. The bug is exploitable remotely when the router is configured to expose the management console. The router is not validating the session token while returning answers for some methods in url '/api'. An attacker can use this vulnerability to retrieve sensitive information such as private/public IP addresses, SSID names, and passwords.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.101 (95.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Humaxdigital Hg100r
- Humaxdigital Hg100r_firmware — versions 2.0.6
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
- nvd@nist.gov (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-11435?
- CVE-2017-11435 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Humaxdigital Hg100r, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2017-11435?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-11435 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.