HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2025-3820

W12 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
10.7%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability was found in Tenda W12 and i24 3.0.0.4(2887)/3.0.0.5(3644) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function cgiSysUplinkCheckSet of the file /bin/httpd. The manipulation of the argument hostIp1/hostIp2 leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Affected vendor
Tenda
Affected product
W12 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2025-04-19

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 10.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-3820

  • Confirm whether Tenda W12 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-3820.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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