CVE-2017-2234 describes a critical vulnerability in Toshiba Home gateway HEM-GW16A (firmware V1.2.0 and earlier) and HEM-GW26A (firmware V1.2.0 and earlier) devices. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to access a hidden developer screen, granting them administrative privileges to perform operations on the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability poses a significant risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:toshiba:hem-gw16a_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:toshiba:hem-gw26a_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
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.