Vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Wr1043nd
CVE-2019-6972
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. The credentials can be easily decoded and cracked by brute-force, WordList, or Rainbow Table attacks. Specifically, credentials in the "Authorization" cookie are encoded with URL encoding and base64, leading to easy decoding. Also, the username is cleartext, and the password is hashed with the MD5 algorithm (after decoding of the URL encoded string with base64).
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- TP-Link Tl-Wr1043nd
- TP-Link Tl-Wr1043nd Firmware — versions 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND V2 - TP-LIN… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-6972?
- CVE-2019-6972 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Wr1043nd, classified under Inadequate Encryption Strength. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-06-19.
- How severe is CVE-2019-6972?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-6972 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.