CVE-2015-7278
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability on Amped Wireless R10000 devices with firmware 2.5.2.11 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of Amped Wireless R10000 routers with firmware 2.5.2.11 allows remote attackers to trick authenticated users into unknowingly executing privileged actions by forcing their browser to send malicious requests.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2.5.2.11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm device modelIdentify whether the target router is an Amped Wireless R10000 by checking the device label, web interface login page, or administrative panel for the model nameAffected if The device is an Amped Wireless R10000 router
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Check firmware versionAccess the router web interface (typically at 192.168.1.1) and navigate to the firmware or status page to view the installed firmware version, or use the router's administration CLI if availableAffected if The installed firmware version is exactly 2.5.2.11
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Verify web interface is accessibleConfirm the router web interface is reachable on the network and that remote administration or local LAN access is enabledAffected if The web interface is accessible and an authenticated user session could be exploited
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Confirm lack of CSRF protectionInspect HTTP responses from state-changing operations (such as settings changes or admin actions) for the presence of anti-CSRF tokens or SameSite cookie attributes in the Set-Cookie headersAffected if The web interface lacks anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing forms and does not set SameSite attributes on session cookies
You are affected if the device is an Amped Wireless R10000 running firmware version 2.5.2.11 with an accessible web interface that lacks CSRF protections on privileged actions
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens for state-changing operations and configure SameSite cookie attributes to prevent cross-origin request forgery attacks; consider firmware update if vendor patch available.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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