CVE-2020-23648 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Asus RT-N12E 2.0.0.39 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability. Through system.asp / start_apply.htm, an attacker can change the administrator password without any authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00362.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Asus	Rt-n12e Rt-n12e Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-n12e_firmware:2.0.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:asus:rt-n12e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-16391	Asus RT-N12E 2.0.0.39 is affected by an incorrect access control vulnerability. Through system.asp / start_apply.htm, an attacker can change the administrator password without any authentication.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/ninj4c0d3r/574d2753d469e4ba51dfe555d9c2d4fb
https://www.asus.com/Networking/RTN12E/HelpDesk_BIOS/
https://www.shodan.io/search?query=rt-n12e

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00211}`	epss `{'score': 0.00264}`

Fri, 09 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-09T14:56:09.572Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-23648

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:58:15.197Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-19T11:15:09.913

Modified: 2025-05-09T15:15:49.740

Link: CVE-2020-23648

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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