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CVE-2024-57040: 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 via a...

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 via a brute force attack.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-57040

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: n/a

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.72% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 69.56% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-27 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-57040
https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf

Timeline

2025-02-26 23:40:20 UTC
CVE

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 via a...