CVE-2015-6023: ping.cgi in NetCommWireless HSPA 3G10WVE wireless routers with firmware before 3G10WVE-L101-S306ETS-C01_R05 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access…

PriorityP263high7.3CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCLILAL

EXPLOIT

EPSS

10.98%

95.3th percentile

ping.cgi in NetCommWireless HSPA 3G10WVE wireless routers with firmware before 3G10WVE-L101-S306ETS-C01_R05 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a direct request. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-6024 to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
netcommwireless	hspa_3g10wve_firmware	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

urlhttp(s):///ping.cgi?DIA_IPADDRESS=4.2.2.2;cat%20/etc/passwd↗

path/ping.cgi↗

→Detect unauthenticated direct GET requests to ping.cgi — no session/auth cookie required, indicating authentication bypass (CVE-2015-6023) ↗
→Detect command injection via the DIA_IPADDRESS parameter in requests to ping.cgi, particularly shell metacharacters such as semicolons followed by OS commands ↗
→Flag requests to ping.cgi that contain shell metacharacters (e.g., ';', '|', '&&') in the DIA_IPADDRESS query parameter, which can be chained with CVE-2015-6024 for RCE ↗

·Vulnerability is only confirmed on firmware version 3G10WVE-L101-S306ETS-C01_R03; the fix is present in 3G10WVE-L101-S306ETS-C01_R05, but patch verification was done only by the vendor ↗
·The patched firmware fix was noted as 'Verified only by Vendor', meaning independent verification of the patch effectiveness had not been confirmed at time of disclosure ↗

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.3HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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