What is CVE-2019-5298?

CVE-2019-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ap4050dn-E, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-5298?

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

Auth bypass in Huawei Ap4050dn-E

CVE-2019-5298

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei AP products before version V200R009C00SPC800. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and running a series of commands.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (19.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Ap4050dn-e — versions V200R009C00
Huawei Ap4050dn-e_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5298?: CVE-2019-5298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Ap4050dn-E, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-5298?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.