CVE-2025-2991
Published: 31 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-2991 is a medium-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Tenda Fh1202 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 45.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-8740
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tenda FH1202 1.2.0.14(408). Affected is an unknown function of the file /goform/AdvSetWrlmacfilter of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. It is possible to launch the…
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attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unauthenticated remote exploitation of improper access controls in the router's web management interface (/goform/AdvSetWrlmacfilter) enables modification of MAC filter settings, mapping to T1068 (Exploitation for Privilege Escalation) for unauthorized admin privileges and T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) as a vulnerable public-facing web service.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Defining account types, requiring approvals for creation, specifying authorizations, monitoring usage, and reviewing accounts directly prevents improper access control by ensuring only authorized accounts exist and are used.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.