CVE-2024-57040

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-57040
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-02-26 22:15:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-22 17:16:31 UTC
DescriptionTP-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.091640000 probability, percentile 0.927130000 (date 2026-04-22)

Problem Types: CWE-798 | n/a | CWE-798 CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wr845n 4.0 All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wr845n Firmware 190219 All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wr845n Firmware 200909 All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wr845n Firmware 201214 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf [email protected] security.iiita.ac.in Third Party Advisory
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