Tenda AC15 WifiWpsStart formWifiWpsStart stack-based overflow
A vulnerability was found in Tenda AC15 15.03.20_multi and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function formWifiWpsStart of the file /goform/WifiWpsStart. The manipulation of the argument index leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-257666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
- Published
- Mar 22, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 74th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-121
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Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · VulDB
- 8.8
- 1.0 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- tenda ac15 firmware15.03.05.20_multi
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Tenda AC15
- 15.03.20_multiaffected
Same product
tenda: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-10987The goform/setUsbUnload endpoint of Tenda AC15 AC1900 version 15.03.05.19 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via tKEV93Now
- CVE-2022-28557There is a command injection vulnerability at the /goform/setsambacfg interface of Tenda AC15 US_AC15V1.0BR_V15.03.05.20_multi_TDE01.bin dev46Plan
- CVE-2022-40851Tenda AC15 V15.03.05.19 contained a stack overflow via the function fromAddressNat.42Plan
- CVE-2026-24105An issue was discovered in goform/formsetUsbUnload in Tenda AC15V1.0 V15.03.05.18_multi.40Plan
- CVE-2026-24101An issue was discovered in goform/formSetIptv in Tenda AC15V1.0 V15.03.05.18_multi.40Plan
- CVE-2025-25632Tenda AC15 v15.03.05.19 is vulnerable to Command Injection via the handler function in /goform/telnet.40Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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- yhryhryhr_miemie (VulDB User)reporter
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-28090 days apartTenda AC15 SetFirewallCfg formSetFirewallCfg stack-based overflow40Plan
- CVE-2024-28080 days apartTenda AC15 QuickIndex formQuickIndex stack-based overflow39Monitor
- CVE-2024-28100 days apartTenda AC15 WifiWpsOOB formWifiWpsOOB stack-based overflow39Monitor
- CVE-2024-28130 days apartTenda AC15 fast_setting_wifi_set form_fast_setting_wifi_set stack-based overflow39Monitor
- CVE-2024-28140 days apartTenda AC15 DhcpListClient fromDhcpListClient stack-based overflow39Monitor
- CVE-2024-28150 days apartTenda AC15 Cookie execCommand R7WebsSecurityHandler stack-based overflow39Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer OverflowCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.