VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-46341
TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to transmit credentials in base64 encoded form, which can be easily decoded by an attacker executing a man-in-the-middle attack.
HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
TP-Link TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to transmit credentials in base64 encoded form, which can be easily decoded by an attacker executing a man-in-the-middle attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- tp-link/tl-wr845n firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/base64-authorization.docxThird Party Advisory
- https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/base64-authorization.docxThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.