CVE-2008-1334
BT Home Hub - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via PATH_INFO Character Injection
Title source: llmDescription
cgi/b on the BT Home Hub router allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, and read or modify administrative settings or make arbitrary VoIP telephone calls, by placing a character at the end of the PATH_INFO, as demonstrated by (1) %5C (encoded backslash), (2) '%' (percent), and (3) '~' (tilde). NOTE: the '/' (slash) vector is already covered by CVE-2007-5383.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/holes-in-embedded-devices-authentication-bypass-pt-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41271
Scores
EPSS
0.0168
EPSS Percentile
74.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
bt/home_hub
Published
Mar 13, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026