CVE-2018-14785
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 · uneditedNetComm Wireless G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router (NWL-25) with firmware 2.0.29.11 and prior. The directory of the device is listed openly without authentication.
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 confidenceThe NetComm Wireless G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router (NWL-25) with firmware 2.0.29.11 and prior has an unauthenticated directory listing vulnerability in its embedded web server. The device's web interface exposes the directory structure openly without requiring any authentication, allowing remote attackers to enumerate files and potentially access sensitive configuration files.
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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<= 2.0.29.11CVSS 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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 device modelAccess the device's web interface or check the device label/marketing materials to confirm the model is NetComm Wireless NWL-25 (G LTE Light Industrial M2M Router)Affected if The device is not a NetComm Wireless NWL-25 model, then this specific CVE does not apply
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Check firmware versionLog into the router web interface and navigate to the status or system information page to find the firmware version, or use the command 'AT+CGMR' via serial/SSH if availableAffected if Firmware version is 2.0.29.11 or earlier (any version up to and including 2.0.29.11)
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Test for unauthenticated directory listingUsing a web browser or curl command, attempt to access common directories on the device web server without providing any credentials, such as http://<device_ip>/ or http://<device_ip>/cgi-bin/Affected if The web server returns a directory listing showing file and folder contents without requiring any login or authentication
A user is affected if they have a NetComm Wireless NWL-25 router running firmware version 2.0.29.11 or earlier AND the device web interface exposes directory listings without authentication.
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 dataApply vendor-supplied firmware update to disable directory listing and enforce authentication on the web interface. If no update is available, restrict network access to the device's management interface via firewall rules or VLAN segmentation to limit exposure.
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