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Infosec · minanagehsalalma.github.io · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Zyxel guest APs let a single crafted POST skip the captive portal (CVE-2026-8508)

A pre-auth flaw in Zyxel's guest Wi-Fi social login hands the browser the Facebook-side identity work, then trusts the submitted profile fields instead of validating the access token server-side. One crafted POST to social_login.cgi returned a valid session cookie with attacker-chosen identity. The WAX650S was triaged entirely by rehosting vendor firmware in user-space emulation, and Zyxel's advisory now covers 39 models.

Read the source: minanagehsalalma.github.io ↗In the 26 August issue →