CVE-2016-4824

medium

Published 2016-06-25 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

5.3

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

The Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) implementation on Corega CG-WLR300GNV and CG-WLR300GNV-W devices does not restrict the number of PIN authentication attempts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain network access via a brute-force attack.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

63%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

CWEs

CWE-254

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.