{"id":59475,"date":"2025-07-18T19:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:53:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T18:20:24","slug":"cve-2025-7530-critical-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1202","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7530-critical-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1202\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-7530: Critical Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Tenda FH1202<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-7530, in Tenda FH1202 version 1.2.0.14(408). This vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromise and data leakage, posing a significant risk to users. The flaw resides in the fromPptpUserAdd function of the \/goform\/PPTPDClient file, and the manipulation of the Username argument can trigger it. Given the severity of the impact and the fact that the exploit has been publicized, immediate action is required from users and administrators of affected systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-7530<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (8.8 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7837-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-t6-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71022\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1665925595\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Tenda FH1202 | 1.2.0.14(408)<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49886-critical-php-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-webgeniuslab-zikzag-core\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66135\">vulnerability resides in the fromPptpUserAdd function of the \/goform\/PPTPDClient file<\/a> within the Tenda FH1202 firmware. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28946-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-bzotheme-printxtore\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66165\">remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by sending specially crafted data that manipulates the Username argument within this function. As the Username argument is not properly validated, this input results in a stack-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7596-critical-remote-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1205\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66411\">buffer overflow<\/a> condition. This overflow can allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7793-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh451-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68493\">leading to full system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2390418210\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a pseudo HTTP POST request to the vulnerable endpoint, carrying a malicious payload that manipulates the Username argument to trigger the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7597-critical-stack-based-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ax1803-1-0-0-1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66925\">buffer overflow<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/goform\/PPTPDClient?fromPptpUserAdd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nusername=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...&amp;password=guest123<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, &#8216;A&#8217; is repeated multiple times to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8168-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-d-link-dir-513-1-10\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67083\">overflow the username buffer<\/a>. This is a simplified example and actual exploitation would require crafting a payload that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-25214-race-condition-vulnerability-in-wwbn-avideo-14-4-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68494\">leads to arbitrary code<\/a> execution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users and administrators are strongly encouraged to apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability immediately. If a patch cannot be applied immediately, implementing a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. These solutions can help detect and block exploitation attempts. It&#8217;s also recommended to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7401-critical-file-read-write-vulnerability-in-premium-age-verification-restriction-for-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66519\">restrict access to the vulnerable<\/a> system until the patch is applied to reduce the risk of exploitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-7530, in Tenda FH1202 version 1.2.0.14(408). This vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromise and data leakage, posing a significant risk to users. The flaw resides in the fromPptpUserAdd function of the \/goform\/PPTPDClient file, and the manipulation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[86,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-buffer-overflow","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59475"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63569,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475\/revisions\/63569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}