What is CVE-2016-6158?

CVE-2016-6158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ws331a Router, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-6158?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6158 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in Huawei Ws331a Router

CVE-2016-6158

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Huawei WS331a routers with software before WS331a-10 V100R001C01B112 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) restore factory settings or (2) reboot the device via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Ws331a_router
Huawei Ws331a_router_firmware — versions ws331a-10_v100r001c02b017sp01
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6158?: CVE-2016-6158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ws331a Router, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-6158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6158 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.