NetGear WNDR Authentication Bypass / Information Disclosure

A number of NetGear WNDR devices contain an embedded SOAP service that is seemingly for use with the NetGear Genie application. As this SOAP service is implemented by the built-in HTTP / CGI daemon, unauthenticated queries will also be answered over the internet if remote management has been enabled on the device. As a result, affected devices can be interrogated and hijacked with as little as a well placed HTTP query. Proof of concept included.

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