Vulnerability in Mikrotik Winbox
CVE-2020-5721
MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mikrotik Winbox
- Mikrotik Winbox — versions 3.22 and below
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-5721?
- CVE-2020-5721 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mikrotik Winbox, classified under CWE-260. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-5721?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.