CVE-2008-1244

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

cgi-bin/setup_dns.exe on the Belkin F5D7230-4 router with firmware 9.01.10 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions, as demonstrated by changing a DNS server via the dns1_1, dns1_2, dns1_3, and dns1_4 parameters. NOTE: it was later reported that F5D7632-4V6 with firmware 6.01.08 is also affected.

Affected products

Belkin F5D7230-4: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29345
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28319
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371598
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41124
http://secunia.com/advisories/29345
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28319
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=371598
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41124

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