CVE-2023-29681 — Cleartext Transmission in cookie:ecos_pw: in Tenda N301 v6

Cleartext Transmission in cookie:ecos_pw: in Tenda N301 v6.0, firmware v12.03.01.06_pt allows an authenticated attacker on the LAN or WLAN to intercept communications with the router and obtain the password.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cleartext Transmission in cookie:ecos_pw: in Tenda N301 v6.0, firmware v12.03.01.06_pt allows an authenticated attacker on the LAN or WLAN to intercept communications with the router and obtain the password.

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

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-01-30T18:44:58.211Z

09References

• www.youtube.com — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy9_hmpvvA4&ab_channel=0ta
• medium.com — https://medium.com/%400ta/tenda-n301-v6-cve-2023-29680-cve-2023-29681-a40f7ae6dc…