Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2019-6972
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).
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.5
HIGH
EPSS Probability:1.11%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| tp-link | tl-wr1043nd_firmware | 2.0 |
| tp-link | tl-wr1043nd | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
1.114%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2019-01-25T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2019-06-19T14:06:34 |
| Patch Date | 2019-01-26 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-04T20:38:32 |
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