CVE-2020-10916

HIGH
8
CVSS Score
Published: May 7, 2020 at 10:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorTl WA855RE FirmwareTl-Wa855Re

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Severity
HIGH8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

tp-link-tl-wa855re (same device)
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-553/

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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