CVE-2019-5298 Auth bypass in AP4050DN-E
An attacker with physical access can bypass serial port authentication on Huawei APs to execute arbitrary commands and gain elevated privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5298?
CVE-2019-5298 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei AP4050DN-E, published on 4 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei AP products before version V200R009C00SPC800. Due to the improper implementation of authentication for the serial port, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to the affected products and running a series of commands.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Ap4050dn-E Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5298?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2019-5298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pv76-f73p-j7vq.