CVE-2017-11648
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 · uneditedTechroutes TR 1803-3G Wireless Cellular Router/Modem 2.4.25 devices do not possess any protection against a CSRF vulnerability, as demonstrated by a goform/BasicSettings request to disable port filtering.
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 · moderate confidenceThe Techroutes TR 1803-3G Wireless Cellular Router with firmware 2.4.25 lacks CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection in its web management interface. Attackers can exploit this by tricking authenticated administrators into visiting malicious pages, which then silently submit requests to the router's goform/BasicSettings endpoint to modify settings such as disabling port filtering.
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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= 2.4.25CVSS 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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Identify the router modelCheck the device label or log into the web management interface to confirm the model is Techroutes TR 1803-3GAffected if The device is a Techroutes TR 1803-3G Wireless Cellular Router
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Check the firmware versionAccess the router's web UI (typically at 192.168.1.1 or similar) and navigate to Status or System Information page to find the firmware versionAffected if The firmware version is exactly 2.4.25
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Verify web management interface is accessibleAttempt to access the router's web interface over HTTP or HTTPS from a browserAffected if The web management interface is reachable on the network (even if behind NAT)
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Confirm the goform/BasicSettings endpoint existsAccess the router's web UI and examine if there is a BasicSettings form under the goform path, or attempt a GET request to the endpointAffected if The goform/BasicSettings endpoint exists and accepts configuration requests
The device is affected if it is a Techroutes TR 1803-3G router running firmware version 2.4.25 with its web management interface accessible on the network, as the CSRF protection is absent by design in this specific firmware version.
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 dataSince this is a firmware-level vulnerability with no documented vendor patch available, mitigation requires either replacing the device with a model receiving security updates, or implementing network-level controls (like restricting web management access to trusted IP ranges/VPN) to reduce attack surface.
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