Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2020-5721
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in MikroTik WinBox. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | MikroTik WinBox | 3.22 and below |
Weakness: CWE-260
References
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23 x_refsource_MISC