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CVE-2024-57040

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Publication date:
26/02/2025
Last modified:
07/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:190219:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:200909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:201214:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr845n:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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