HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5536

N300 Dual Band Wi Fi Range Extender Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.0
EPSS
4.8%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Belkin N300 Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender with firmware before 1.04.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) sub_dir parameter in a formUSBStorage request; pinCode parameter in a (2) formWpsStart or (3) formiNICWpsStart request; (4) wps_enrolee_pin parameter in a formWlanSetupWPS request; or unspecified parameters in a (5) formWlanMP, (6) formBSSetSitesurvey, (7) formHwSet, or (8) formConnectionSetting request.
Affected vendor
Belkin
Affected product
N300 Dual Band Wi Fi Range Extender Firmware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2015-08-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5536

  • Confirm whether Belkin N300 Dual Band Wi Fi Range Extender Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5536.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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