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Critical Cisco security Authentication Bypass Vulnerability leads to hack thousands of home routers

Vulnerability is due to a processing error in the role-based access control (RBAC) of URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending API commands via HTTP to a particular URL without prior authentication. The bug is designated CVE-2017-3791 and CWE-287. There are no workarounds or mitigations for the bug, Cisco is recommending that administrators install the update as soon as possible. It uses Broadband Forums TR-069 suite of protocols to provision and manage in-home devices.”]

Source: https://gbhackers.com/critical-cisco-security-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-leads-to-hack-thousands-of-home-routers/

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