CVE-2020-15498
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2020 at 12:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:56 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorRt AC1900P FirmwareRt-Ac1900P
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
An issue was discovered on ASUS RT-AC1900P routers before 3.0.0.4.385_20253. The router accepts an arbitrary server certificate for a firmware update. The culprit is the --no-check-certificate option passed to wget tool used to download firmware update files.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.0.0.4.385.20253
Affected range stops below 3.0.0.4.385.20253, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
asus-rt-ac1900p (same device)
Rt-Ac1900P· ASUSdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo 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 Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=27440CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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