CVE-2022-45439

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Jan 17, 2023
Updated: Apr 3, 2025
Reserved: Nov 15, 2022

Description

A pair of spare WiFi credentials is stored in the configuration file of the Zyxel AX7501-B0 firmware prior to V5.17(ABPC.3)C0 in cleartext. An unauthenticated attacker could use the credentials to access the WLAN service if the configuration file has been retrieved from the device by leveraging another known vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	Zyxel

Weaknesses

CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AX7501-B0 firmwareZyxel	< V5.17(ABPC.3)C0Affected

References

https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-for-cleartext-storage-of-wifi-credentials-and-improper-symbolic-links-of-ftp-for-ax7501-b0-cpe

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