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 by analyzing downloaded firmware or via a brute force attack through physical access to the router.

CVSS v3.1 CNA

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 67th percentile

Published

2025-02-26

Updated

2026-04-22

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• absholi7ly/Poc-CVE-2024-570402★ · 2025-03-18

Security advisories

• https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

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