What is CVE-2022-40843?

CVE-2022-40843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenda W15e. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-40843?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-40843 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Tenda W15e

CVE-2022-40843

The Tenda AC1200 V-W15Ev2 V15.11.0.10(1576) router is vulnerable to improper authorization / improper session management that allows the router login page to be bypassed. This leads to authenticated attackers having the ability to read the routers syslog.log file which contains the MD5 password of the Administrator's user account.

EPSS: 0.288 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tenda W15e — versions 2.0
Tenda W15e_firmware — versions 15.11.0.10\(1576\), 15.11.0.10(1576)
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40843?: CVE-2022-40843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenda W15e. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-40843?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40843 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.