What is CVE-2018-20008?

CVE-2018-20008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iball Ib-Wrb302n, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-20008?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Iball Ib-Wrb302n

CVE-2018-20008

iBall Baton iB-WRB302N20122017 devices have improper access control over the UART interface, allowing physical attackers to discover Wi-Fi credentials (plain text) and the web-console password (base64) via the debugging console.

Published 2019-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 19.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Iball Ib-Wrb302n
Iball Ib-Wrb302n Firmware — versions ib-wrb302n20122017

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.iball.co.in/Category/Baton/283 (Product, Vendor Advisory)
payatu.com/ibaton-routers-responsible-disclosure/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-20008?: CVE-2018-20008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iball Ib-Wrb302n, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-20008?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.