CVE-2015-5995 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Mediabridge Medialink MWN-WAPR300N and Tenda N3 Wireless N150 devices with specific firmware versions. Remote attackers can gain administrative access by manipulating an HTTP Cookie header to include a particular "admin" substring. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating an easily exploitable network attack with no user interaction required, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for this flaw is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among threat actors.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:tenda:n3_wireless_n150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 5.07.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:mediabridge:medialink_mwn-wapr300n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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