CVE-2018-15556 describes a critical vulnerability in the Quantenna WiFi Controller of the Telus Actiontec WEB6000Q v1.1.02.22, allowing root-level access via UART headers using the default "root" user with an empty password. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.02.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:actiontec:web6000q_firmware:1.1.02.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.