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CVE-2024-57040

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2025-02-26
Updated: 2025-04-07
AI Analysis

Description

TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_200909 and TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password for the root account which can be obtained by analyzing downloaded firmware or via a brute force attack through physical access to the router.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-798

Metadata

Primary Vendor
TP-LINK
Published
2/26/2025
Last Modified
4/7/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

tp-link : tl-wr845n_firmwaretp-link : tl-wr845n_firmwaretp-link : tl-wr845n_firmware

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