CVE-2014-5246

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Shenzhen Tenda Technology Tenda A5s router with firmware 3.02.05_CN allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrator access by setting the admin:language cookie to zh-cn.

Affected products

Tenda A5S: all versions
Tenda A5S Firmware: 3.02.05_cn

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110146
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127905/Tenda-A5s-Router-Authentication-Bypass.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34361
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69267
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95337
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/110146
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127905/Tenda-A5s-Router-Authentication-Bypass.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34361
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69267
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95337

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