CVE-2014-5246
The Shenzhen Tenda Technology Tenda A5s router with firmware 3.02.05_CN allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator access by setting the admin:language cookie to zh-cn.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Shenzhen Tenda Technology Tenda A5s router with firmware 3.02.05_CN allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator access by setting the admin:language cookie to zh-cn.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 12.49% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 August 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- tenda/a5s firmware · tenda/a5s
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110146
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127905/Tenda-A5s-Router-Authentication-Bypass.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34361Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69267
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95337
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110146
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127905/Tenda-A5s-Router-Authentication-Bypass.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34361Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69267
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95337
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.