CVE-2024-57040

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:190219:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:200909:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr845n_firmware:201214:::::::*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr845n:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-26 22:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 08:13

NVD link : CVE-2024-57040

Mitre link : CVE-2024-57040

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-57040

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Products Affected

tp-link

tl-wr845n
tl-wr845n_firmware

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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