CVE-2024-57040

CRITICAL EPSS 60.0%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

TP-Link TL-WR845N devices with firmware 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. NOTE: The supplier has stated that this issue was fixed in firmware versions 250401 or later.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
60.0% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Authentication

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
tp-linktl-wr845n_firmware190219any
tp-linktl-wr845n_firmware200909any
tp-linktl-wr845n_firmware201214any
tp-linktl-wr845n4.0any

References 1

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.