CVE-2019-6972
"TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Authentication Bypass"
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).
INFO
Published Date :
June 19, 2019, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2019-6972 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2019-6972.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2019-6972 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-255 CWE-326 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 20, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf No Types Assigned https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-255 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr1043nd_firmware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr1043nd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-6972 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-6972
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.34 }} -0.14%
score
0.71685
percentile