Incorrect access control in the firewall management function of web interface in Aten PE6208 2.3.228 and 2.4.232 allows remote authenticated users to alter local firewall settings of the device as if they were the administrator via HTTP POST request.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: