CyberRota Analysis
This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2017-3216
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.17%
Original NVD Description
WiMAX routers based on the MediaTek SDK (libmtk) that use a custom httpd plugin are vulnerable to an authentication bypass allowing a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain administrator access to the device by performing an administrator password change on the device via a crafted POST request.
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