CVE-2008-1264 — The Linksys WRT54G router has "admin" as its default FTP password, which allows remote attackers to access sensitive files including nvram.cfg, a file that lists all HTML documents, and an ELF executable file

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HIGH

The Linksys WRT54G router has "admin" as its default FTP password, which allows remote attackers to access sensitive files including nvram.cfg, a file that lists all HTML documents, and an ELF executable file

Published Mar 10, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.11%

Description

The Linksys WRT54G router has "admin" as its default FTP password, which allows remote attackers to access sensitive files including nvram.cfg, a file that lists all HTML documents, and an ELF executable file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.11% 0.03112

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03112

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	3.11% (0.03112)	87.34th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.11% (0.03112)	86.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.48% (0.00478)	62.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.99% (0.00988)	84.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.76% (0.00756)	80.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.76% (0.00756)	78.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (3)

http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41126
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41126		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 10, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 10, 2008

Link CVE-2008-1264

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-1264

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-1264