CVE-2019-19506 — Tenda PA6 Wi-Fi Powerline extender 1

Tenda PA6 Wi-Fi Powerline extender 1.0.1.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the "homeplugd" process. By sending a specially crafted UDP packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the device to reboot.

01What is this vulnerability?

Tenda PA6 Wi-Fi Powerline extender 1.0.1.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the "homeplugd" process. By sending a specially crafted UDP packet, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the device to reboot.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-06-25T19:22:18.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T02:16:48.200Z

09References

• securityintelligence.com — https://securityintelligence.com/posts/vulnerable-powerline-extenders-underline-…