CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-3216
WiMAX routers based on the MediaTek SDK (libmtk) that use a custom httpd plugin are vulnerable to an authentication bypass allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain administrator access to the device by performing an administrator password change on the device via a crafted POST request.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-306
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- greenpacket:ox350_firmware
- huawei:bm2022_firmware
- huawei:hes-309m_firmware
- huawei:hes-319m2w_firmware
- huawei:hes-319m_firmware
- huawei:hes-339m_firmware
- mada:soho_wireless_router_firmware
- zte:ox-330p_firmware
- zyxel:max218m1w_firmware
- zyxel:max218m_firmware
- zyxel:max218mw_firmware
- zyxel:max308m_fimware
- zyxel:max318m_firmware
- zyxel:max338m_firmware
References
- http://blog.sec-consult.com/2017/06/ghosts-from-past-authentication-bypass.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350135
- https://sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20170607-0_Various_WiMAX_CPEs_Authentication_Bypass_v10.txt
- http://blog.sec-consult.com/2017/06/ghosts-from-past-authentication-bypass.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350135