CVE-2020-35219

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The ASUS DSL-N17U modem with firmware 1.1.0.2 allows attackers to access the admin interface by changing the admin password without authentication via a POST request to Advanced_System_Content.asp with the uiViewTools_username=admin&uiViewTools_Password= and uiViewTools_PasswordConfirm= substrings.

Affected products

ASUS Dsl-N17U Firmware: 1.1.0.2

References

https://securityforeveryone.com/blog/asus-dsl-n17u-model-cve-2020-35219
https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/Modem-LTE-Routers/All-series/DSL-N16/HelpDesk_BIOS/
https://securityforeveryone.com/blog/asus-dsl-n17u-model-cve-2020-35219
https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/Modem-LTE-Routers/All-series/DSL-N16/HelpDesk_BIOS/

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