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CVE-2020-9054

ZyXEL NAS products running firmware version 5.21 and earlier are vulnerable to pre-authentication command injection in weblogin.cgi

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
February 18, 2020
Published Date
March 04, 2020
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
ZyXEL
Product
NAS326, NAS520, NAS540, NAS542, NSA210, NSA220, NSA220+, NSA221, NSA310, NSA320, NSA320S, NSA325, NSA325v2
Description
Multiple ZyXEL network-attached storage (NAS) devices running firmware version 5.21 contain a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability, which may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable device. ZyXEL NAS devices achieve authentication by using the weblogin.cgi CGI executable. This program fails to properly sanitize the username parameter that is passed to it. If the username parameter contains certain characters, it can allow command injection with the privileges of the web server that runs on the ZyXEL device. Although the web server does not run as the root user, ZyXEL devices include a setuid utility that can be leveraged to run any command with root privileges. As such, it should be assumed that exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to remote code execution with root privileges. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP POST or GET request to a vulnerable ZyXEL device, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the device. This may happen by directly connecting to a device if it is directly exposed to an attacker. However, there are ways to trigger such crafted requests even if an attacker does not have direct connectivity to a vulnerable devices. For example, simply visiting a website can result in the compromise of any ZyXEL device that is reachable from the client system. Affected products include: NAS326 before firmware V5.21(AAZF.7)C0 NAS520 before firmware V5.21(AASZ.3)C0 NAS540 before firmware V5.21(AATB.4)C0 NAS542 before firmware V5.21(ABAG.4)C0 ZyXEL has made firmware updates available for NAS326, NAS520, NAS540, and NAS542 devices. Affected models that are end-of-support: NSA210, NSA220, NSA220+, NSA221, NSA310, NSA310S, NSA320, NSA320S, NSA325 and NSA325v2
Tags
cisa nessus_scanner nuclei_scanner edge

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

9.8 - CRITICAL

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

10.0

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2021-09-09 16:16:34 UTC) Source

References

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html https://www.zyxel.com/support/remote-code-execution-vulnerability-of-NAS-products.shtml https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/498544/ https://kb.cert.org/artifacts/cve-2020-9054.html https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/02/zyxel-fixes-0day-in-network-storage-devices/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-9054.yaml 2025-04-26 00:00:00 UTC
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/176894 2023-06-07 22:21:00 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

darrenmartyn/CVE-2020-9054

Type: github • Created: 2021-09-09 16:16:34 UTC • Stars: 2

CVE-2020-9054 PoC for Zyxel

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nessus

  • Detected by Nuclei