CVE-2020-24987
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a...
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a remote code execution due to incorrect authentication handling of vulnerable logincheck() function in /usr/lib/lua/ngx_authserver/ngx_wdas.lua file if the administrator UI Interface is set to "radius".
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a remote code execution due to incorrect authentication handling of vulnerable logincheck() function in /usr/lib/lua/ngx_authserver/ngx_wdas.lua file if the administrator UI Interface is set to "radius".
- Record
CVE-2020-24987- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a remote code execution due to incorrect authentication handling of vulnerable logincheck() function in /usr/lib/lua/ngx_authserver/ngx_wdas.lua file if the administrator UI Interface is set to "radius".
- Record
CVE-2020-24987- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17687 No score
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a remote code execution due to incorrect authentication handling of vulnerable logincheck() function in /usr/lib/lua/ngx_authserver/ngx_wdas.lua file if the administrator UI Interface is set to "radius".
- Record
EUVD-2020-17687- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9jc-x24x-r9x9
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a...
Tenda AC18 Router through V15.03.05.05_EN and through V15.03.05.19(6318) CN devices could cause a remote code execution due to incorrect authentication handling of vulnerable logincheck() function in /usr/lib/lua/ngx_authserver/ngx_wdas.lua file if the administrator UI Interface is set to "radius".
- Record
GHSA-q9jc-x24x-r9x9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-24987 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tendacn Ac18 Firmware, published September 4, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.10%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.