CVE-2024-34454
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 · uneditedNintendo Wii U OS 5.5.5 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to forge SSL certificates as though they came from a Root CA, because there is a secondary verification mechanism that only checks whether a CA is known and ignores the CA details and signature (and because * is accepted as a Common Name).
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 confidenceNintendo Wii U OS 5.5.5 contains a SSL certificate validation bypass vulnerability where a secondary verification mechanism only checks if a Certificate Authority is in a known list without validating CA details or signature. Additionally, the system accepts '*' as a valid Common Name, allowing MITM attackers to forge certificates for any domain and impersonate legitimate servers.
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CVSS 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
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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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Confirm you have a Nintendo Wii U consolePhysically identify the console model - look for the Wii U logo and distinguish it from the original WiiAffected if The device is not a Nintendo Wii U console
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Access the System Settings menuPower on the Wii U and navigate to System Settings from the HOME menuAffected if Unable to access Wii U System Settings
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Check the OS firmware versionIn System Settings, select Console Information to display the current OS version numberAffected if The displayed version is 5.5.5
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Understand the vulnerability scopeThis is a firmware-level SSL validation flaw in the OS itself - no specific service, config file, or module can be inspected to further verify the issueAffected if The console runs OS 5.5.5 - the vulnerability is inherent to this version and affects all network communications
If you own a Nintendo Wii U console running OS version 5.5.5, your device is affected by this SSL certificate validation bypass vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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From vendor dataNo external remediation is possible as this is a firmware-level vulnerability in the Wii U OS. The device has been discontinued (2017) and is past End-of-Life, meaning Nintendo is unlikely to release patches. Users should avoid untrusted networks and understand that secure communications cannot be guaranteed on this platform.
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