CVSS 3.1
6.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2022-45439
Medium (6.5) in zyxel ax7501-b0 firmware. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
A pair of spare WiFi credentials is stored in the configuration file of the Zyxel AX7501-B0 firmware prior to V5.17(ABPC.3)C0 in cleartext. An unauthenticated attacker could use the credentials to access the WLAN service if the configuration file has been retrieved from the device by leveraging another known vulnerability.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 10% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-312
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- zyxel:ax7501-b0_firmware
References
- https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-cleartext-storage-of-wifi-credentials-and-improper-symbolic-links-of-ftp-for-ax7501-b0-cpe
- https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-cleartext-storage-of-wifi-credentials-and-improper-symbolic-links-of-ftp-for-ax7501-b0-cpe