CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2019-9161 — Xinruidz Sundray Wan Controller Firmware security vulnerability
WAC on the Sangfor Sundray WLAN Controller version 3.7.4.2 and earlier has a Remote Code Execution issue allowing remote attackers to achieve full access to the system, because shell metacharacters in the nginx_webconsole.php Cookie header can be used to read an etc/config/wac/wns_cfg_admin_detail.xml file containing the admin password. (The password for root is the WebUI admin password concatenated with a static string.)
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.0)
- Published
- 2019-04-18
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Affected products
- xinruidz / sundray_wan_controller_firmware
Matched remediation archetype
Command, code, expression, and template injection
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Check exposure
- Trace untrusted values to process execution, interpreters, evaluators, template engines, dynamic imports, and administrative scripting features.
- Determine whether the affected path is reachable across each trust boundary and which service account or host privilege it inherits.
- Review configuration for optional execution features, unsafe compatibility modes, and shell invocation.
Remediate safely
- Replace string-built commands or evaluated code with fixed operations and structured argument APIs that do not invoke a shell.
- Use strict allowlists for operation identifiers and reject unexpected input before it reaches any interpreter.
- Update the affected component and add inert regression tests covering metacharacters, encoding variants, and alternate request paths.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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