Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-11550

Memory Safety in Tenda W12 Firmware 3.0.0.6\(3948\)

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
09 October 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 5.7
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0088 55th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-11550 is a medium-severity Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404) vulnerability in Tenda W12 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 5.7 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability was found in Tenda W12 3.0.0.6(3948). The impacted element is the function wifiScheduledSet of the file /goform/modules of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument wifiScheduledSet results in null pointer dereference. The attack may be…

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performed from remote. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
Why these techniques?

Null pointer dereference in wifiScheduledSet HTTP handler enables remote denial of service by crashing the router application via exploitation.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2024-42951Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2024-42982Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2024-42980Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2024-42943Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2024-42950Same vendor: Tenda
CVE-2024-42948Same vendor: Tenda

Affected Assets

tenda
w12 firmware
3.0.0.6\(3948\)

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • SI-11 Error Handling
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation of inputs to the wifiScheduledSet HTTP handler, blocking the malformed arguments that trigger the null pointer dereference.

prevent

Enforces access control on the /goform/modules endpoint so only authorized subjects can invoke wifiScheduledSet, preventing remote unauthenticated exploitation.

prevent

Requires non-abnormal termination and safe error handling for the null dereference in the HTTP request path, limiting denial-of-service impact.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly include coding standards for correct resource allocation and release.

DE.CM-09 partial match
prevents

Runtime monitoring can detect resource exhaustion caused by improper shutdown or release.

ID.AM-08 partial match
prevents

Lifecycle management of assets can encompass proper resource release at end-of-life or shutdown.

PR.IR-04 partial match
prevents

Capacity management helps surface leaks from unreleased resources but does not prevent the coding flaw.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

prevents

Including restart, recovery and media-handling instructions reduces the likelihood that resources or sensitive data will be left in an exposed or improperly released state after a failure.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

References