CVE-2020-10916: This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver…

PriorityP346high8CVSS 3.1

AVAACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.12%

62.2th percentile

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.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tp-link	tl-wa855re	—	—
tp-link	tl-wa855re_firmware	—	—
tp-link	tl-wa855re_firmware	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.0HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.08.0HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.05.2MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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