Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products may allow an attacker to forcibly reboot the pro
Missing authentication for critical function vulnerability in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products may allow an attacker to forcibly reboot the product without authentication.
- Published
- Mar 27, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 44th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-306
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Action score
27
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · jpcert
- 5.3
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| buffalo | wcr-1166dhpl firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wcr-1166dhpl_firmware |
| buffalo | wcr-1166dhpl | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wcr-1166dhpl |
| buffalo | wsr3600be4-kh firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wsr3600be4-kh_firmware |
| buffalo | wsr3600be4-kh | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wsr3600be4-kh |
| buffalo | wsr3600be4p firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wsr3600be4p_firmware |
| buffalo | wsr3600be4p | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wsr3600be4p |
| buffalo | wxr-1750dhp firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wxr-1750dhp_firmware |
| buffalo | wxr-1750dhp | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wxr-1750dhp |
| buffalo | wxr-1750dhp2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wxr-1750dhp2_firmware |
| buffalo | wxr-1750dhp2 | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wxr-1750dhp2 |
| buffalo | wxr18000be10p firmware | cpe:2.3:o:buffalo:wxr18000be10p_firmware |
| buffalo | wxr18000be10p | cpe:2.3:h:buffalo:wxr18000be10p |
and 80 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- buffalo fs-m1266 firmwarebefore 4.13
- buffalo fs-s1266 firmwarebefore 4.13
- buffalo vr-u300w firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo vr-u500x firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-1266r firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-1266wdpr firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-1266wdpra firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-1750d firmwarebefore 1.07
- buffalo wapm-2133r firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-2133tr firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-ax4r firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-ax8r firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wapm-axetr firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo waps-1266 firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo waps-ax4 firmwarebefore 1.42
- buffalo wcr-1166dhpl firmwarebefore 1.01
- buffalo wem-1266 firmwarebefore 2.87
- buffalo wem-1266wp firmwarebefore 2.87
- buffalo wrm-d2133hp firmwarebefore 3.01
- buffalo wrm-d2133hs firmwarebefore 3.01
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jpcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
BUFFALO INC. BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products
- See "References" sectionaffected
Same product
buffalo: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-33280Hidden functionality issue exists in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products, which may allow an attacker to gain access to the product’s debugging fu34Monitor
- CVE-2026-32669Code injection vulnerability exists in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products.34Monitor
- CVE-2026-27650OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products.34Monitor
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
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2026-332800 days apartHidden functionality issue exists in BUFFALO Wi-Fi router products, which may allow an attacker to gain access to the product’s debugging fu34Monitor
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
- Integrity
- Availability
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-306 · Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionCVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A function added for development or support ships to production without authentication. It often relies on the assumption that it is “only reachable from the internal network.”
The bug in code
The whole CWE-306 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
// Added for the support teamapp.post("/maintenance/reset", resetDevice);Fixed
if (config.maintenanceEnabled) { app.post( "/maintenance/reset", requireSession, requireRole("admin"), resetDevice );}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.