CVE-2018-20440 is a critical vulnerability affecting Technicolor CWA0101 devices, allowing remote attackers to discover Wi-Fi credentials. This flaw stems from improper access control, enabling unauthorized retrieval of sensitive information via specific SNMP requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
cwa0101e-a23e-c7000r5712-170315-skcCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:technicolor:cwa0101_firmware:cwa0101e-a23e-c7000r5712-170315-skc:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.