The German Materials and Products Testing Authority has warned of serious security vulnerabilities related to Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in three widespread routers.

Devices: Asus 4G-N16 (Wireless-N300 LTE Modem Router), D-Link DWR-933 (4G/LTE Cat 6 Wi-Fi Hotspot), and TP-Link Archer MR500 (4G+ Cat6 AC1200 WLAN Dual Band Gigabit Router) .

German authorities’ experts explained that the gaps in the three devices could allow hackers to access the WLAN to view network traffic, steal data from devices on the WLAN, or use Internet access for malicious purposes.

Asus announced that by disabling the WPS function in the settings, the immediate solution is to update the device software (firmware) as soon as possible to make the router secure again.

D-Link is rolling out a firmware update on April 21, but until then the WPS-PIN code can be changed for more security, as disabling WPS doesn’t make the device secure, unlike the Asus device.

TP-Link has already released a firmware update that should be installed immediately to make the device secure again.

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