CVE-2014-8357

high
Published 2017-10-17 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
8.8

Description

backupsettings.html in the web administrative portal in Zhone zNID GPON 2426A before S3.0.501 places a session key in a URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain arbitrary user passwords via the sessionKey parameter in a getConfig action to backupsettings.conf.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.