CVE-2022-40966 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting numerous Buffalo network devices, including routers and access points across various firmware versions. A network-adjacent attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to the device. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wcr-300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:whr-hp-g300n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:whr-hp-gn_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.88CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wpl-05g300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wrm-d2133hp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.