CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-27209

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 13, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In the management interface on TP-Link Archer C5v 1.7_181221 devices, credentials are sent in a base64 format over cleartext HTTP.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Archer_c5v_firmware Tp-link 1.7_181221 (including) 1.7_181221 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References