CVE-2017-8771

CRITICAL

BE126 WIFI Repeater 1.0 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

On BE126 WIFI repeater 1.0 devices, an attacker can log into telnet (which is open by default) with default credentials as root (username:"root" password:"root"). The attacker can make a user that is connected to the repeater click on a malicious link that will log into the telnet and will infect the device with malicious code.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Technical Description, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.digitalwhisper.co.il/files/Zines/0x56/DW86-1-RepeaterHack.pdf

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0140
EPSS Percentile 69.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (1)
twsz/wifi_repeater_firmware
Published Sep 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026