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.

CVSS v3.0 8.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.2 MEDIUM

8.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 5.1 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-553/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wa855re_firmware:190408:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wa855re_firmware:191213:::::::*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wa855re:v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-05-07 16:15

Updated : 2020-05-14 08:48

NVD link : CVE-2020-10916

Mitre link : CVE-2020-10916

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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Products Affected

tp-link

tl-wa855re_firmware
tl-wa855re

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