CVE-2011-5053 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) protocol, when the "external registrar" authentication method is used, does not properly inform clients about failed PIN authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover the PIN value, and consequently discover the Wi-Fi network password or reconfigure an access point, by reading EAP-NACK messages.

Published: 2012-01-06

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: 25.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wi-fi:wifi_protected_setup_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.25543.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/reaver-wps/
http://sviehb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/viehboeck_wps.pdf
http://sviehb.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/wi-fi-protected-setup-pin-brute-force-vulnerability/
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityResponse/cisco-sr-20120111-wps
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723755
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-006A.html

History

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Subscriptions

Wi-fi Wifi Protected Setup Protocol

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2012-01-06T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:23:39.735Z

Reserved: 2012-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-5053

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-01-06T20:55:01.233

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-5053

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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