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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-5797: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.