CVE-2020-5605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WHR-G54S firmware 1.43 and earlier allows an attacker to access sensitive information such as setting values via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2020-09-18

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

BUFFALO INC.

WHR-G54S

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`firmware 1.43 and earlier`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:airstation_whr-g54s_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:airstation_whr-g54s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-26766	Directory traversal vulnerability in WHR-G54S firmware 1.43 and earlier allows an attacker to access sensitive information such as setting values via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN09166495/index.html
https://www.buffalo.jp/news/detail/20200911-01.html

History

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Subscriptions

Buffalo Airstation Whr-g54s Airstation Whr-g54s Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2020-09-18T05:05:24.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:30:24.565Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5605

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-09-18T06:15:13.357

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:21:40.937

Link: CVE-2020-5605

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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