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CVE-2013-6786

Published: Jan 16, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 19.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Allegro RomPager before 4.51, as used on the ZyXEL P660HW-D1, Huawei MT882, Sitecom WL-174, TP-LINK TD-8816, and D-Link DSL-2640R and DSL-2641R, when the "forbidden author header" protection mechanism is bypassed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by requesting a nonexistent URI in conjunction with a crafted HTTP Referer header that is not properly handled in a 404 page. NOTE: there is no CVE for a "URL redirection" issue that some sources list separately.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

dlink
commercial·TW
dsl-2640r
Networking Infrastructure
dsl-2641r
Networking Infrastructure
allegrosoft
rompager
huawei
commercial·CNaka honor, huawei technologies
mt882
Hardware Firmware
sitecom
commercialaka wlx-2006 firmware, wl-153 router firmware, wl-153
wl-174Embedded
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
tp-link
commercial·TWaka tp link
td-8816
Networking Infrastructure
zyxel
commercial·TWaka zyxel communications corp.
p-660hw d1
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://antoniovazquezblanco.github.io/docs/advisories/Advisory_RomPagerXSS.pdf
antoniovazquezblanco.github.io
http://osvdb.org/99694
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/ref/99/rompager407.pdf
osvdb.org

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