Router reboot via unchecked PPPoE password
Published Nov 15, 2022 · Updated May 13, 2025
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda W15Ev2 AC1200 firmware 15.11.0.10(1576) allows remote attackers to reboot the router via PPPoE input. The setNetwork path passes unchecked wanUser and wanPwd JSON values through setWanPppoe into getPPPoEConnectStatus, where sprintf writes the input into a fixed stack buffer. Reachability is limited to the local web interface unless hosted remote management is enabled; triggering forces a persistent reboot loop.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Tenda W15Ev2 AC1200 firmware 15.11.0.10(1576) allows remote attackers to reboot the router via PPPoE input. The setNetwork path passes unchecked wanUser and wanPwd JSON values through setWanPppoe into getPPPoEConnectStatus, where sprintf writes the input into a fixed stack buffer. Reachability is limited to the local web interface unless hosted remote management is enabled; triggering forces a persistent reboot loop.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42060
- Published
- Nov 15, 2022
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-121, CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- W15Ev2 PPPoE stack-overflow video proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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