CVE-2014-7279 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Konke Smart Plug K and its firmware. This critical flaw allows remote attackers to gain full equipment management authority by connecting to the device's unauthenticated TELNET service on port 23. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential awareness among threat actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
kCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kankunit:konke_smart_plug_firmware:k:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.