CVE-2019-19823

Public Exploit

Description

A certain router administration interface (that includes Realtek APMIB 0.11f for Boa 0.94.14rc21) stores cleartext administrative passwords in flash memory and in a file. This affects TOTOLINK A3002RU through 2.0.0, A702R through 2.1.3, N301RT through 2.1.6, N302R through 3.4.0, N300RT through 3.4.0, N200RE through 4.0.0, N150RT through 3.4.0, and N100RE through 3.4.0; Rutek RTK 11N AP through 2019-12-12; Sapido GR297n through 2019-12-12; CIK TELECOM MESH ROUTER through 2019-12-12; KCTVJEJU Wireless AP through 2019-12-12; Fibergate FGN-R2 through 2019-12-12; Hi-Wifi MAX-C300N through 2019-12-12; HCN MAX-C300N through 2019-12-12; T-broad GN-866ac through 2019-12-12; Coship EMTA AP through 2019-12-12; and IO-Data WN-AC1167R through 2019-12-12.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.36% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory actiontec.com Third-Party Advisory packetstormsecurity.com Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory seclists.org Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory sploit.tech
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/Saturn49/wecb/blob/755ce19a493c78270c04b5aaf39664f0cddbb420/rtl819x/users/boa/apmib/apmib.h#L13 third party advisory
http://opensource.actiontec.com/sourcecode/wcb3000x/wecb3000n_gpl_0.16.8.4.tgz third party advisory exploit
https://sploit.tech third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/36 third party advisory mailing list
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156083/Realtek-SDK-Information-Disclosure-Code-Execution.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jan/38 mailing list exploit third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-19823?
CVE-2019-19823 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-19823?
To fix CVE-2019-19823, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-19823 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-19823 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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