Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-5721
CVE-2020-5721
Description
MikroTik WinBox 3.22 and below stores the user's cleartext password in the settings.cfg.viw configuration file when the Keep Password field is set and no Master Password is set. Keep Password is set by default and, by default Master Password is not set. An attacker with access to the configuration file can extract a username and password to gain access to the router.
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Affected products
3- MikroTik/WinBoxdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2020-23nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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