CVE-2004-2749

2Wire HomePortal - Path Traversal via Return Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2749. PoCs published by Rafel Ivgi The-Insider.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the 2Wire HomePortal Series by manipulating the 'return' parameter in the 'wralogin' form to access files outside the server root, such as 'boot.ini'. The PoC uses a crafted URL to exploit the flaw.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wra/public/wralogin in 2Wire Gateway, possibly as used in HomePortal and other product lines, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the return parameter. NOTE: this issue was reported as XSS, but this might be a terminology error.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Rafel Ivgi The-Insider · htmlremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23562

This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the 2Wire HomePortal Series by manipulating the 'return' parameter in the 'wralogin' form to access files outside the server root, such as 'boot.ini'. The PoC uses a crafted URL to exploit the flaw.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: 2Wire HomePortal Series (all versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the HTTPS interface of the vulnerable 2Wire HomePortal device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14894
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/10666
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9463
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/3683
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1008798
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-01/0179.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0230
EPSS Percentile 81.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (7)
2wire/homeportal 100s
2wire/homeportal 100w
2wire/homeportal 1000
2wire/homeportal 1000s
2wire/homeportal 1000sw
2wire/homeportal 1000w
2wire/homeportal 1500w
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026