What is CVE-2020-9477?

CVE-2020-9477 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Humaxdigital Hga12r-02, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2020-9477?

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

Vulnerability in Humaxdigital Hga12r-02

CVE-2020-9477

An issue was discovered on HUMAX HGA12R-02 BRGCAA 1.1.53 devices. A vulnerability in the authentication functionality in the web-based interface could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to capture packets at the time of authentication and gain access to the cleartext password. An attacker could use this access to create a new user account or control the device.

EPSS: 0.013 (66.6th 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

Humaxdigital Hga12r-02
Humaxdigital Hga12r-02_firmware — versions brgcaa1.1.53
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9477?: CVE-2020-9477 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Humaxdigital Hga12r-02, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-9477?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.