{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10916 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-10916 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in TP-Link TL-WA855RE, published on 7 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10916 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-10916 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in TP-Link TL-WA855RE, published on 7 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10916 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: TP-Link TL-WA855RE. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10916/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-10916","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10916/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-10916","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rvvm-x4j5-wgw3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"iot_embedded","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Wi-Fi extender","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Network-adjacent attackers can bypass authentication during first-time setup to reset admin passwords and execute code on TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"zdi","cpe":[{"product":"tl-wa855re_firmware","vendor":"tp-link"}],"cvss":{"score":8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"description":"This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver: 855rev4-up-ver1-0-1-P1[20191213-rel60361] Wi-Fi extenders. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the first-time setup process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation on first-time setup requests. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to reset the password for the Admin account and execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-10003.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Auth bypass in TL-WA855RE","id":"CVE-2020-10916","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Deserialization in ESMPRO Manager","id":"CVE-2020-10917"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Deserialization in One Agent","id":"CVE-2020-10915"},"products":["TL-WA855RE"],"published":"2020-05-07","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication for Critical Function","id":"CVE-2020-24363","kev_date_added":"2025-09-02","published":"2020-08-31"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["TP-Link"]},"summary":"Network-adjacent attackers can bypass authentication during first-time setup to reset admin passwords and execute code on TP-Link Wi-Fi extenders.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10916/"}