This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver: 855rev4-up-ver1-0-1-P1[20191213-rel60361] Wi-Fi extenders. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the first-time setup process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation on first-time setup requests. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to reset the password for the Admin account and execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-10003.
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https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-553/ |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T11:14:15.896Z
Reserved: 2020-03-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-10916

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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-05-07T23:15:11.577
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:56:21.810
Link: CVE-2020-10916

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