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Jackyx123
Aspirant
Feb 24, 2020

Nighthawk RAX40 security setup is terrible

I am interest in information security, and I brought a AX4 router.

 

I turned off Remote Management setting and want to ensure internet could not access my web management interface.

The setting pages shows it should be port 8443.

Anyway, I just turn off this function.

 

And, I did a port scan from internet to my router.

I found lots of interesting ports are open!!!

Some port are  using https.

 

for example, port 58631.

 

I connected to this port by https....it show a login page.

 

okay, i tried to login by my credential...

 

success...this is a remote management port.....

 

It should be turn off!!!!!

 

okay, I use the block service, block this port, for all IP, always..

 

The block function doesn't work!! I can still connect to port 58631..

 

It seems this router are full of vulnerability and backdoor

 

How come netgear would allow this things happen?

 

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