CVE-2017-8771: Twsz Wifi Repeater Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

On BE126 WIFI repeater 1.0 devices, an attacker can log into telnet (which is open by default) with default credentials as root (username:"root" password:"root"). The attacker can make a user that is connected to the repeater click on a malicious link that will log into the telnet and will infect the device with malicious code.

Affected products

• Twsz Wifi Repeater Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-09-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.