{"id":72060,"date":"2025-09-06T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:04:10","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-14T04:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T10:20:52","slug":"cve-2025-24322-unsafe-default-authentication-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24322-unsafe-default-authentication-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-24322: Unsafe Default Authentication Vulnerability in Tenda AC6<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-24322 is a critical security vulnerability that affects the Initial Setup Authentication feature of the Tenda AC6 V5.0 V02.03.01.110. This vulnerability, if exploited, can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and potentially gain unauthorized access to the system. This poses a significant risk to all users of the affected device, as it can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79721\">lead to data leakage or complete system<\/a> compromise. As such, it is crucial for users and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-51991-server-side-template-injection-vulnerability-in-xwiki-s-administration-interface\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81395\">administrators to understand this vulnerability<\/a> and take appropriate steps to mitigate its impact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-24322<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.1 CVSS)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53763-improper-access-control-in-azure-databricks-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79810\">System compromise and potential<\/a> data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-638970603\" 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27129-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac6-v5-0-v02-03-01-110\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82189\">Tenda AC6 | V5.0<\/a> V02.03.01.110<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9254-critical-missing-authentication-vulnerability-in-webitr\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79670\">vulnerability exists due to an unsafe default authentication<\/a> mechanism in the Initial Setup Authentication functionality of the Tenda AC6 V5.0 V02.03.01.110. This allows attackers to send specially crafted network requests that can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-23264-critical-vulnerability-in-nvidia-megatron-lm-may-lead-to-code-execution-and-data-tampering\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79905\">lead to arbitrary code execution<\/a>. The flaw enables the attacker to browse to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48000-critical-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-connected-devices-platform-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80269\">device and trigger this vulnerability<\/a>. This could allow the attacker to take control of an affected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54788-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-suitecrm-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80209\">system or leak sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2072036952\" 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>This is a conceptual example of how an attacker could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79955\">potentially exploit<\/a> this vulnerability via a malicious network request. Note that the actual exploit would be specific to the system and the attacker&#8217;s goals, this is merely a hypothetical example:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/initialSetupAuth HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nUser-Agent: Mozilla\/5.0\n{ &quot;malicious_payload&quot;: &quot;arbitrary_code_to_be_executed&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a GET request to the vulnerable endpoint (`\/initialSetupAuth`) with a malicious payload that includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43577-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-acrobat-reader-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80142\">arbitrary code<\/a> to be executed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Countermeasures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most reliable countermeasure is to apply the vendor-released patch for this vulnerability. If the patch has not been released or cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation method. It is also advisable to regularly update and patch your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-41521-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-student-attendance-management-system-v1\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79629\">systems and software to protect against these types of vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-24322 is a critical security vulnerability that affects the Initial Setup Authentication feature of the Tenda AC6 V5.0 V02.03.01.110. This vulnerability, if exploited, can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and potentially gain unauthorized access to the system. This poses a significant risk to all users of the affected device, as it can [&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":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-72060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72060","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=72060"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74696,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72060\/revisions\/74696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=72060"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=72060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}