What is CVE-2019-7163?

CVE-2019-7163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tcl Alcatel Linkzone, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.

How severe is CVE-2019-7163?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Tcl Alcatel Linkzone

CVE-2019-7163

The web interface of Alcatel LINKZONE MW40-V-V1.0 MW40_LU_02.00_02 devices is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that allows an unauthenticated user to have access to the web interface without knowing the administrator's password.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.021 (80.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Tcl Alcatel_linkzone
Tcl Alcatel_linkzone_firmware — versions mw40-v-v1.0_mw40_lu_02.00_02
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-7163?: CVE-2019-7163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tcl Alcatel Linkzone, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2019-7163?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.