Description
An issue was discovered on Actiontec WCB6200Q before 1.1.10.20a devices. The admin login session cookie is insecurely generated making admin session hijacking possible. When an admin logs in, a session cookie is generated using the time of day rounded to 10ms. Since the web server returns its current time of day in responses, it is possible to step backward through possible session values until a working one is found. Once a working session ID is found, an attacker then has admin control of the device and can add a secondary SSID to create a backdoor to the network.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://actiontecsupport.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000432163-WCB6200Q-Firmware-Upgrade
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0092
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-384
Status
published
Products (1)
actiontec/wcb6200q_firmware
< 1.1.10.20a
Published
May 14, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026