CVE-2017-6530 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Televes COAXDATA GATEWAY 1Gbps devices running firmware version doc-wifi-hgw_v1.02.0014 4.20. The flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to arbitrarily change the device's password due to a lack of authorization checks on the password.shtml page. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.02.0014_4.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:televes:coaxdata_gateway_1gbps_firmware:1.02.0014_4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.