CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2019-12254 — Gok Smartbox 4 Lan Firmware security vulnerability
In multiple Tecson Tankspion and GOKs SmartBox 4 products the affected application doesn't properly restrict access to an endpoint that is responsible for saving settings, to a unauthenticated user with limited access rights. Based on the lack of adequately implemented access-control rules, by accessing a specific uniform resource locator (URL) on the web server, a malicious user is able to change the application settings without authenticating at all, which violates originally laid ACL rules.
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2022-05-06
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Affected products
- gok / smartbox_4_lan_firmware
- gok / smartbox_4_lan_pro_firmware
- tecson / lx-q-net_firmware
- tecson / lx-net_firmware
- tecson / e-litro_net_firmware
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
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