HIGH
Unknown vulnerability in Linksys WRT54GS wireless router with firmware 4.50.6, with WPA Personal/TKIP authentication enabled, allows remote clients to bypass authentication by connecting without using encryption
Published Aug 17, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.24%
Description
Unknown vulnerability in Linksys WRT54GS wireless router with firmware 4.50.6, with WPA Personal/TKIP authentication enabled, allows remote clients to bypass authentication by connecting without using encryption.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.24% 0.01236
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01236
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.24% (0.01236) | 67.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.24% (0.01236) | 65.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00302) | 51.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 77.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 77.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00564) | 74.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014721 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408161 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14566 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16457 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014721 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408161 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14566 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 17, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2589
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a