Insufficiently protected credentials in JGS516PE and GS116Ev2 - CVE-2020-35221

 

Insufficiently protected credentials in JGS516PE and GS116Ev2 - CVE-2020-35221

Published: March 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU51398
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-35221
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: NETGEAR
Affected software:
JGS516PE
GS116Ev2

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the hashing algorithm is insecure. A remote attacker on the local network can generate valid passwords or infer some parts of the original one. 


How to mitigate CVE-2020-35221

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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