CVE-2019-16340

Velop Whw0303 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

19.3%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Belkin Linksys Velop 1.1.8.192419 devices allows remote attackers to discover the recovery key via a direct request for the /sysinfo_json.cgi URI.

Affected vendor

Linksys

Affected product

Velop Whw0303 Firmware

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-425 — Direct Request (Forced Browsing)

Published

2019-11-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 19.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-16340

Confirm whether Linksys Velop Whw0303 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-16340.
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