VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-5721
An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-260, CWE-522
- Affected
- mikrotik/winbox
- Source
- vulnreport@tenable.com
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.