What is CVE-2020-35219?

CVE-2020-35219 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asus Dsl-N17u, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-35219?

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

Auth bypass in Asus Dsl-N17u

CVE-2020-35219

The ASUS DSL-N17U modem with firmware 1.1.0.2 allows attackers to access the admin interface by changing the admin password without authentication via a POST request to Advanced_System_Content.asp with the uiViewTools_username=admin&uiViewTools_Password= and uiViewTools_PasswordConfirm= substrings.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Dsl-n17u
Asus Dsl-n17u_firmware — versions 1.1.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35219?: CVE-2020-35219 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Asus Dsl-N17u, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-35219?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.