What is CVE-2018-5797?

CVE-2018-5797 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremenetworks Extremewireless Wing, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-5797?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Extremenetworks Extremewireless Wing

CVE-2018-5797

An issue was discovered in Extreme Networks ExtremeWireless WiNG 5.x before 5.8.6.9 and 5.9.x before 5.9.1.3. There is an Smint_encrypt Hardcoded AES Key that can be used for packet decryption (obtaining cleartext credentials) by an attacker who has access to a wired port.

EPSS: 0.005 (37.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Extremenetworks Extremewireless_wing
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5797?: CVE-2018-5797 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extremenetworks Extremewireless Wing, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-02-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-5797?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.