Talos Vulnerability Report

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the router configuration import functionality of InHand Networks InRouter302 V3.5.4. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to increased privileges. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Tested Versions

InHand Networks InRouter302 V3.5.4

Product URLs

InRouter302 - https://www.inhandnetworks.com/products/inrouter300.html

CVSSv3 Score

7.4 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Details

The InRouter302 is an industrial LTE router. It features remote management functionalities and several security protection mechanism, such as: VPN technologies, firewall functionalities, authorization management and several other features.

The inRouter302 offers the possibility to have non-privileged users. These non-privileged users, allegedly, should not be able to perform certain actions. But a non-privileged user is allowed to import the router configuration, through the upload.cgi API, effectively allowing the user to change the privileged user credentials.

Vendor Response

The vendor has updated their website and uploaded the latest firmware on it. https://inhandnetworks.com/product-security-advisories.html https://www.inhandnetworks.com/products/inrouter300.html#link4

https://www.inhandnetworks.com/upload/attachment/202205/10/InHand-PSA-2022-01.pdf

Timeline

2022-03-02 - Vendor Disclosure
2022-05-10 - Public Release
2022-05-10 - Vendor Patch Release