{"id":"CVE-2017-14243","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-14243","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T04:39:08.180Z","title":"An authentication bypass vulnerability on UTStar WA3002G4 ADSL Broadband Modem WA3002G4-0021.01 devices allows attackers to directly access administrative settings and obtain cleartext credentials from HTML source, as demonstrated by info.cgi,…","description":"An authentication bypass vulnerability on UTStar WA3002G4 ADSL Broadband Modem WA3002G4-0021.01 devices allows attackers to directly access administrative settings and obtain cleartext credentials from HTML source, as demonstrated by info.cgi, upload.cgi, backupsettings.cgi, pppoe.cgi, resetrouter.cgi, and password.cgi.","published":"2017-09-17T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:05:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["utstar/wa3002g4 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.14786,"percentile":0.96669,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.08644,"percentile":0.94925},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.14786,"percentile":0.96527}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-09-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42739,"kind":"exploit","title":"UTStar WA3002G4 ADSL Broadband Modem - Authentication Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42739","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/webapps/42739.txt","file":"exploits/hardware/webapps/42739.txt","published":"2017-09-15","added":"2017-09-18","updated":"2017-09-18","author":"Gem George","type":"webapps","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-14243"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.14786,"from":0.08644,"percentile":0.96527},"summary":"EPSS moved from 8.6% to 14.8% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42739/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.techipick.com/iball-baton-adsl2-home-router-utstar-wa3002g4-adsl-broadband-modem-authentication-bypass","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42739/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.techipick.com/iball-baton-adsl2-home-router-utstar-wa3002g4-adsl-broadband-modem-authentication-bypass","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14243","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}