CVE-2024-57040

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-798

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdfThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 26, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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