CVE-2020-5721

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMikrotik Winbox
PublishedApr 15, 2020
First seenApr 15, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-260CWE-260

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mikrotik winboxv ≤ 3.22—

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