What is CVE-2017-16887?

CVE-2017-16887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fiberhome Lm53q1, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-16887?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-16887 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Fiberhome Lm53q1

CVE-2017-16887

The portal on FiberHome Mobile WIFI Device Model LM53Q1 VH519R05C01S38 uses SOAP based web services in order to interact with the portal. Unauthorized Access to Web Services can result in disclosure of the WLAN key/password.

EPSS: 0.366 (98.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fiberhome Lm53q1
Fiberhome Lm53q1_firmware — versions vh519r05c01s38
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

Public proof-of-concept exploits

CWE-CVE-Benchmark/CWE_

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16887?: CVE-2017-16887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Fiberhome Lm53q1, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-16887?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-16887 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.