What is CVE-2015-5996?

CVE-2015-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediabridge Medialink Mwn-Wapr300n, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2015-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2015-5996?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-5996 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Mediabridge Medialink Mwn-Wapr300n

CVE-2015-5996

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability on Mediabridge Medialink MWN-WAPR300N devices with firmware 5.07.50 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mediabridge Medialink_mwn-wapr300n
Mediabridge Medialink_mwn-wapr300n_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cret@cert.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5996?: CVE-2015-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mediabridge Medialink Mwn-Wapr300n, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2015-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2015-5996?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-5996 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.