Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-24435

Tenda W30E Firmware ≤ 16.01.0.19\(5037\)

Public PoC
Published
26 January 2026
Modified
02 February 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 7.1
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 0.0021 11th percentile
Risk Priority 55 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-24435 is a high-severity Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains (CWE-942) vulnerability in Tenda W30E Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); 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-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) and SC-7 (Boundary Protection) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Shenzhen Tenda W30E V2 firmware versions up to and including V16.01.0.19(5037) implement an insecure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) policy on authenticated administrative endpoints. The device sets Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * in combination with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true, allowing attacker-controlled origins to issue credentialed cross-origin…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Insecure CORS on admin web interface of network device directly enables exploitation of public-facing application via cross-origin credentialed requests.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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CVE-2026-38835Same product: Tenda W30E
CVE-2026-24429Same product: Tenda W30E
CVE-2023-49404Same product: Tenda W30E
CVE-2025-57086Same product: Tenda W30E
CVE-2024-32285Same product: Tenda W30E
CVE-2023-50000Same product: Tenda W30E

Affected Assets

tenda
w30e firmware
≤ 16.01.0.19\(5037\)

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.4.3
  • V3.4.6
  • V3.5.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces information flow policies between origins, preventing the permissive CORS configuration (Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * + credentials) that allows unauthorized cross-origin credentialed requests.

prevent

Boundary protection mechanisms can inspect and restrict web traffic to block credentialed requests from attacker-controlled origins to authenticated administrative endpoints.

prevent

Enforces access decisions on authenticated endpoints, which would be bypassed by the insecure CORS policy allowing cross-origin credentialed access.

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-01 mostly match
prevents

Hardened configuration baselines and reviews directly prevent permissive CSP or cross-domain policies.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC activities include review and testing of web security policies to avoid untrusted domains.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability identification processes can surface permissive policy misconfigurations.

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 overly permissive cross-domain policies but does not prevent their initial introduction.

degrades

Network security policies can restrict cross-domain communication but do not specifically mandate strict CSP or cross-domain policy configuration.

degrades

Security of network services includes defining allowed endpoints, which can limit untrusted domains but does not directly address web-client policy files.

degrades

Web filtering can block untrusted domains at the network level, partially mitigating permissive cross-domain policies.

prevents

Application security requirements should specify secure CSP and cross-domain policy settings, directly addressing the weakness.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include defining trust boundaries, which can reduce permissive cross-domain allowances.

References