Wireless Router Vulnerability in Tenda Devices Exposing User Credentials
CVE-2026-22080

8.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Tenda

Vendor
CVE Published:
9 January 2026

What is CVE-2026-22080?

A security flaw in Tenda wireless routers, specifically the 300Mbps Wireless Router F3 and N300 Easy Setup Router, allows for the transmission of user credentials in a reversible Base64 encoding format via the web-based administrative interface. An attacker, positioned on the same network, may exploit this vulnerability to intercept network traffic and capture the encoded credentials. This exploitation poses a significant risk as it enables unauthorized access to the router, potentially leading to further security breaches and compromise of sensitive information.

Affected Version(s)

300Mbps Wireless Router F3 and N300 Easy Setup Router F3 v3.0 Firmware V12.01.01.41

300Mbps Wireless Router F3 and N300 Easy Setup Router F3 v3.0 Firmware V12.01.01.42

300Mbps Wireless Router F3 and N300 Easy Setup Router F3 v3.0 Firmware V12.01.01.48

References

CVSS V4

Score:
8.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This vulnerability is reported by Deven Lunkad, Swaroop Dora, Naziya Aslam, and S. Venkatesan from IoT Security Research Lab, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India.
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