Tenda W15E
CVE-2026-36809
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Unauthenticated network-reachable HTTP handler with a single crafted request causes process crash; no confidentiality or integrity impact, availability high - matches the published vector.
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre).
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
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Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co., Ltd Tenda W15E v15.11.0.10 was discovered to contain a buffer overflow in the webAuthWhiteID parameter of the formModifyWebAuthWhiteUser function. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted HTTP request.
AnalysisAI
Denial of service in Tenda W15E router firmware v15.11.0.10 allows remote attackers to crash the device by sending a crafted HTTP request that triggers a buffer overflow in the webAuthWhiteID parameter of the formModifyWebAuthWhiteUser function. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.02%), but the network-reachable attack surface on a customer-premises router warrants timely mitigation. The flaw is limited to availability impact per the CVSS vector, with no confidentiality or integrity consequences claimed.
Technical ContextAI
The Tenda W15E is a wireless hotspot/enterprise gateway router commonly deployed in hotels, cafes, and small businesses. The vulnerable formModifyWebAuthWhiteUser handler is part of the device's embedded HTTP management interface, which implements a captive-portal/web-authentication whitelist feature where webAuthWhiteID identifies a whitelisted user record. The root cause maps to CWE-120 (classic buffer copy without checking size of input): the handler copies attacker-controlled webAuthWhiteID data into a fixed-size stack or BSS buffer without bounds validation, corrupting adjacent memory and causing the httpd/web management process to crash. This pattern is recurrent across Tenda's MIPS-based SOHO firmware family, which uses unsafe C string routines (strcpy/sprintf) throughout its web CGI binaries.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - Tenda has not published an advisory in the supplied references, and only a research repository (https://github.com/xhh0124/SemVulLLM/tree/main/W15E/formModifyWebAuthWhiteUser) is linked. Operators should check tendacn.com/en for an updated W15E firmware release beyond v15.11.0.10 and apply it once available. In the interim, restrict access to the device's web management interface to a trusted management VLAN or specific admin IPs via ACL, and explicitly disable any remote/WAN-side administration option (trade-off: admins lose off-LAN management convenience). If the captive-portal/web-auth whitelist feature is not used, disabling it removes the formModifyWebAuthWhiteUser endpoint from the attack surface, at the cost of losing per-user authentication exemption capability. Place the device behind an upstream firewall that drops inbound HTTP/HTTPS to the router's management port from untrusted networks.
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