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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-22T16:37:22.432Z

Source :

mitre
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-57040 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Tp-link
  • Tl-wr845n
  • Tl-wr845n Firmware
REFERENCES

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URL Resource
https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
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