CVE-2006-2561 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Edimax BR-6104K router allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and conduct unauthorized operations via a UPnP request with a modified InternalClient parameter (possibly within NewInternalClient), which is not validated, as demonstrated by using AddPortMapping to forward arbitrary traffic.

Published: 2006-05-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:edimax:br_6104k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2561	Edimax BR-6104K router allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and conduct unauthorized operations via a UPnP request with a modified InternalClient parameter (possibly within NewInternalClient), which is not validated, as demonstrated by using AddPortMapping to forward arbitrary traffic.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00195.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20169
http://www.securityview.org/dutch-student-finds-a-bug-in-upnp.html
http://www.securityview.org/how-does-the-upnp-flaw-works.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1911
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26709

History

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Subscriptions

Edimax Br 6104k

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-24T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:50.671Z

Reserved: 2006-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2561

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-24T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2561

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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