Full Disclosure: Re: NETGEAR Wireless Cable Modem Gateway Auth Bypass and CSRF - SOS-11-011

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:18:43 +1000, Lists said:

> Basic authentication is used as the primary and only authentication 
> mechanism for the administrator interface on the device. The basic 
> authentication can be bypassed by sending a valid POST request to the 
> device without sending any authentication header. The response from the 
> device sends the user to another page that requests basic 
> authentication, however at this point the request has already been 
> processed. 
The.. request.. has.. already.. been.. processed.  *facepalm*. ;)

The most obvious way to screw this up:

        if (request_not_validated())
                send_error_page();
        else
                execute_request();

and somebody forgot the 'else', making the execute a fall-through.
But how does something like that slip through basic testing?

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