CVE-2025-8979

medium

Description

A vulnerability was identified in Tenda AC15 15.13.07.13. Affected by this vulnerability is the function check_fw_type/split_fireware/check_fw of the component Firmware Update Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

References

https://www.tenda.com.cn/

https://vuldb.com/?submit.628603

https://vuldb.com/?submit.628602

https://vuldb.com/?id.319975

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319975

https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Tenda/AC15_Inte.md

https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Tenda/AC15_Auth.md

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-14

Updated: 2025-08-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00029