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CVE-2024-57040
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-02-26T22:15:14.240 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:13:13.933

Summary

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.

Affected products

tp-link — tl-wr845n_firmware

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References

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