CVE-2025-0355
Published: 15 January 2025
Description
Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in NEC Corporation Aterm WG2600HS Ver.1.7.2 and earlier, WF1200CRS Ver.1.6.0 and earlier, WG1200CRS Ver.1.5.0 and earlier, GB1200PE Ver.1.3.0 and earlier, WG2600HP4 Ver.1.4.2 and earlier, WG2600HM4 Ver.1.4.2 and earlier, WG2600HS2 Ver.1.3.2 and earlier, WX3000HP Ver.2.4.2 and earlier and WX4200D5 Ver.1.2.4 and earlier allows a attacker to get a Wi-Fi password via the network.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-0355 is a Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability (CWE-306) in multiple NEC Corporation Aterm router models, including WG2600HS Ver.1.7.2 and earlier, WF1200CRS Ver.1.6.0 and earlier, WG1200CRS Ver.1.5.0 and earlier, GB1200PE Ver.1.3.0 and earlier, WG2600HP4 Ver.1.4.2 and earlier, WG2600HM4 Ver.1.4.2 and earlier, WG2600HS2 Ver.1.3.2 and earlier, WX3000HP Ver.2.4.2 and earlier, and WX4200D5 Ver.1.2.4 and earlier. Published on 2025-01-15, the issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact with no requirements for authentication or user interaction.
A network-accessible attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely without privileges to retrieve the Wi-Fi password. The lack of authentication for a critical function enables unauthorized access to sensitive configuration data over the network.
NEC's security advisory provides details on mitigation, available at https://jpn.nec.com/security-info/secinfo/nv25-003_en.html.
Details
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