CVE-2019-6972
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. The credentials can be easily decoded and cracked by brute-force, WordList, or Rainbow Table attacks. Specifically, credentials in the "Authorization" cookie are encoded with URL encoding and base64, leading to easy decoding. Also, the username is cleartext, and the password is hashed with the MD5 algorithm (after decoding of the URL encoded string with base64).
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2019-6972
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2019-06-19T15:15:11
- Last Modified Date
- 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AND | ||||
| cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr1043nd_firmware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr1043nd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6972 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6972 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:17:17 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 22:15:55 | 2019-06-19T15:15Z | 2019-06-19T15:15:11 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 22:15:55 | 2020-08-24T17:37:01 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 22:15:55 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |