VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-5721

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-04-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.

Weakness classification

  • vulnreport@tenable.com: CWE-260
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-522

Primary references