Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to router admin interface
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ExploitSubmit crafted rent_time (DHCP lease) value
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ExecutionInject CRLF directives into Dnsmasq config
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ImpactSubvert DNS/DHCP for network clients
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization CRLF sequence sanitization
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires administrative (PR:H) access to the Oray Pugongying X5 Pro management interface in order to set the rent_time (DHCP lease time) parameter; supplying CRLF sequences in that value injects arbitrary directives into the device's Dnsmasq configuration. The exploitation is remote over the network (AV:N) and needs no user interaction (UI:N), but the high-privilege authentication requirement is the primary limiting factor - an unauthenticated outsider cannot reach the vulnerable parameter without first obtaining admin credentials. Beyond the manipulation of rent_time leading to CRLF injection, the precise trigger internals are not described in the available sources. No fixed version is available because the vendor did not respond to the disclosure. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.5 looks high, but the single most important mitigating signal is PR:H in the vector - exploitation requires high privileges, i.e. an authenticated administrator on the router's management interface, so this is a post-authentication / config-dependent flaw rather than a remote-unauthenticated one. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score in the supplied data, so there is no evidence of widespread or active exploitation; exploit maturity in the vector is E:P (proof-of-concept). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', which is an elevated-but-not-emergency priority, consistent with the PR:H gating and PoC-stage maturity. A public PoC reference exists (a Notion write-up) but it is not verified as working exploit code, so POC availability must not be conflated with active exploitation. Netting these signals: this is a genuine high-severity issue for anyone who can reach the router admin interface, but the admin-privilege prerequisite and the niche deployment footprint place it well below internet-facing unauthenticated RCE in real-world urgency. No KEV/EPSS data is present to confirm or refute real-world exploitation - treat the risk as targeted/opportunistic post-compromise rather than mass-exploitable. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds administrative access to an Oray Pugongying X5 Pro (7.6.1) web management interface manipulates the rent_time (DHCP lease time) parameter, embedding CRLF sequences that inject additional directives into the device's Dnsmasq configuration. This lets the attacker alter DNS/DHCP behaviour for all clients served by the router. A public PoC reference exists; it is not verified as working exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Oct 26, 2026
CRLF injection in the Dnsmasq configuration path of Oray Pugongying X5 Pro 7.6.1 lets a user who already holds administrative access to the router's management interface inject newline-delimited Dnsmasq directives through the DHCP lease-time (rent_time) parameter, corrupting the device's DNS/DHCP behaviour and enabling configuration tampering and potential information disclosure. Exploitation is remote over the network with no user interaction, but the CVSS vector carries PR:H - an attacker must first obtain admin credentials, which is the primary limiting factor, so this is not reachable by an unauthenticated outsider. A public PoC reference (a Notion write-up titled 'Dnsmasq Directive Injection Through DHCP Lease Time') exists but is not verified as working exploit code; the vendor was contacted and did not respond, so no fixed version is available, and the disclosure is tracked for remediation this week.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
CRLF injection in the Dnsmasq component of Oray Pugongying X5 Pro 7.6.1 allows an authenticated administrator to insert newline sequences into the DHCP rent_time parameter so that attacker-chosen Dnsmasq directives are appended to the generated configuration, producing high confidentiality, integrity and availability impact that extends beyond the vulnerable component (scope changed). The pre-condition is significant: the CVSS vector carries PR:H, so the attacker must already hold privileged access to the router's management interface - this is configuration subversion and potential privilege escalation by a trusted administrator, not a pre-authentication remote compromise. A public PoC reference exists (not verified as working exploit code), the vendor did not respond to the disclosure, no fixed version is identified, and the record is flagged act_now on the strength of the 9.4 base score and the public disclosure.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch is identified at time of analysis: Oray was contacted early about the disclosure and did not respond, so no fixed firmware version is published and the CPE carries no version bound. Until a firmware update exists, treat the router's management interface as the trust boundary - restrict administrative access to a dedicated management VLAN or trusted source addresses and disable WAN-side remote management, which removes the AV:N path at the cost of losing out-of-band administration. Because only high-privilege administrators can reach the vulnerable rent_time parameter, tighten and rotate admin credentials and audit any accounts that can write DHCP settings. As a detection and containment measure, inspect the device's generated Dnsmasq configuration after any DHCP lease-time change for unexpected directives (foreign server=, conf-file=, addn-hosts= or address= lines) and alert on anomalies, and prefer an upstream/recursive resolver you control so DNS answers do not depend solely on the device. Where the lease-time field is writable only through the web UI, restrict that UI to a hardened jump host; none of these controls substitute for a firmware fix once Oray ships one. Track status via https://vuldb.com/vuln/426282 and https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116233.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Dnsmasq is the lightweight DNS forwarder and DHCP server embedded in many SOHO routers, including the Oray Pugongying X5 Pro; its behaviour is governed by a plain-text configuration file in which each line is a directive and line breaks delimit directives. The vulnerable component accepts the DHCP lease-time value (rent_time) from the administrative web interface and writes it into that Dnsmasq configuration without neutralizing carriage-return/line-feed sequences, which is CWE-93 (Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences). Because a newline terminates a directive, an attacker who controls the rent_time argument can append arbitrary Dnsmasq configuration statements - affecting DNS resolution and DHCP servicing on the device - with the scope change (S:C) in the assessment reflecting impact that crosses from the management application into the underlying network service. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:oray:pugongying_x5_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* is unbounded on version, while EUVD pins the affected release to Pugongying X5 Pro 7.6.1 and the public write-up refers to the same model as the Pgyer/Oray X5 Pro Router 7.6.1; beyond the manipulation of rent_time, the precise trigger internals are not described in the available sources. VulDB tags the entry as an Information Disclosure issue, consistent with DNS-traffic redirection or resolver reconfiguration rather than direct code execution.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P
Remote over the admin interface (AV:N/AC:L) but requires administrator access to set rent_time (PR:H); injecting Dnsmasq directives affects DNS for other clients, so S:C with high C/I/A.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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4DescriptionCVE.org
A security vulnerability has been detected in Oray Pugongying X5 Pro 7.6.1. This impacts an unknown function of the component Dnsmasq. The manipulation of the argument rent_time leads to crlf injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Technical POC Analysis
The bug class is CWE-93, Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ("CRLF injection").
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Executive ViewAI
A high-severity configuration injection flaw in Oray Pugongying X5 Pro 7.6.1 (used as a DHCP/DNS router appliance) lets anyone who already holds the device's admin credentials tamper with its DHCP lease settings and alter DNS/DHCP behavior. The principal risk to leadership is that a compromise of administrator credentials becomes a stepping stone to redirecting traffic or exposing information for every user behind the affected device, so the business exposure tracks how many of these routers are in service and how their admin access is governed.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: restrict management-interface exposure to trusted networks, rotate and tightly control admin credentials, monitor DHCP lease-time and Dnsmasq configuration for tampering, and isolate affected routers from sensitive network segments.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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