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CVE-2020-10916

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver: 855rev4-up-ver1-0-1-P1[20191213-rel60361] Wi-Fi extenders. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the first-time setup process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation on first-time setup requests. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to reset the password for the Admin account and execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-10003.

Published

2020-05-07T23:15:11.577

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:56:21.810

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

5.1

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-287
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-287
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System tp-link tl-wa855re_firmware 190408 Yes
Operating System tp-link tl-wa855re_firmware 191213 Yes
Hardware tp-link tl-wa855re v4 No
References