CVE-2023-4498 (GCVE-0-2023-4498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-06 16:13 – Updated: 2025-11-04 19:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Authentication Bypass in Tenda N300 Wireless N VDSL2 Modem Router
Summary
Tenda N300 Wireless N VDSL2 Modem Router allows unauthenticated access to pages that in turn should be accessible to authenticated users only
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-26 20:34 UTC
CWE
- CWE-305 - Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenda | N300 Wireless N VDSL2 Modem Router |
Affected:
V53.0.1.6_EN
|
guessed | |
| tenda | n300_wireless_n_vdsl2_modem_router |
Affected:
v53.0.1.6_en
cpe:2.3:h:tenda:n300_wireless_n_vdsl2_modem_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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