CVE-2016-5650
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedZModo ZP-NE14-S and ZP-IBH-13W devices do not enforce a WPA2 configuration setting, which allows remote attackers to trigger association with an arbitrary access point by using a recognized SSID value.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceZModo ZP-NE14-S and ZP-IBH-13W wireless devices fail to enforce WPA2 security configuration, allowing remote attackers to trigger device association with arbitrary access points by leveraging recognized SSID values. This enables man-in-the-middle attacks or traffic interception.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Zmodo wireless devices on your networkScan your network for devices with MAC vendor prefix 00:1E:8F (Zmodo) or examine your DHCP lease table and wireless access point client list for devices named ZP-NE14-S, ZP-IBH-13W, or ZmodoAffected if Either ZP-NE14-S or ZP-IBH-13W device is found on your network
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Check the configured security mode on the Zmodo deviceAccess the device web interface or mobile app and navigate to wireless settings to verify whether WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Enterprise is selected as the authentication typeAffected if Security mode is set to Open, WEP, or WPA-TKIP instead of WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Enterprise
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Verify WPA2 enforcement behaviorAttempt to configure the device with a weaker security setting (such as WPA or Open) to confirm whether the device accepts it; if it accepts non-WPA2 settings, the vulnerability is presentAffected if Device allows configuration of any security mode other than WPA2-PSK or WPA2-Enterprise
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Monitor for unexpected SSID association attemptsReview wireless access point logs or use a wireless sniffer to observe SSID probes from Zmodo devices; check if the device associates with SSIDs it has not been explicitly configured to useAffected if Device associates with unknown SSIDs or shows probe requests to multiple SSIDs beyond your configured network
Your environment is affected if you have ZP-NE14-S or ZP-IBH-13W devices and they allow any security configuration other than WPA2.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate device firmware to enforce WPA2 encryption; if no firmware update is available, network segmentation and monitoring for unauthorized SSID association attempts should be implemented.
- Consultation6.0 h
- Implementation16.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-5650 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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