Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-8772 · published 20 September 2017
CVE-2017-8772: Twsz wifi repeater firmware hard-coded credentials vulnerability
Twsz · Wifi Repeater Firmware
On BE126 WIFI repeater 1.0 devices, an attacker can log into telnet (which is open by default) with default credentials as root (username:"root" password:"root") and can: 1. Read the entire file system; 2. Write to the file system; or 3. Execute any code that attacker desires (malicious or not).
Description
On BE126 WIFI repeater 1.0 devices, an attacker can log into telnet (which is open by default) with default credentials as root (username:"root" password:"root") and can: 1. Read the entire file system; 2. Write to the file system; or 3. Execute any code that attacker desires (malicious or not).
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.digitalwhisper.co.il/files/Zines/0x56/DW86-1-RepeaterHack.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.digitalwhisper.co.il/files/Zines/0x56/DW86-1-RepeaterHack.pdf | Third Party Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-8772), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
