VDB-297725 · CVE-2024-57040 · EUVD-2025-5279

TP-Link TL-WR845N 4_190219/4_200909 hard-coded password

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in TP-Link TL-WR845N 4_190219/4_200909. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to hard-coded password. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-57040. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TP-Link TL-WR845N 4_190219/4_200909 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded password vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-259. The product contains a hard-coded password, which it uses for its own inbound authentication or for outbound communication to external components. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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 via a brute force attack.

The advisory is shared at security.iiita.ac.in. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-57040 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/01/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1078.001 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-5279). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Router Operating System

Vendor

TP-Link

Name

TL-WR845N

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded password
CWE: CWE-259 / CWE-255
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

01/09/2025 🔍
02/27/2025 +49 days 🔍
02/27/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/01/2025 +94 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tp-link.com

Advisory: security.iiita.ac.in
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-57040 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-57040
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-297725
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2025 08:04
Updated: 06/01/2025 07:58
Changes: 02/27/2025 08:04 (52), 03/20/2025 09:02 (1), 06/01/2025 07:58 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

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