CVE-2014-8243

low

Published 2014-11-01 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

3.3

VIR risk

3.3

Description

Linksys SMART WiFi firmware on EA2700 and EA3500 devices; before 2.1.41 build 162351 on E4200v2 and EA4500 devices; before 1.1.41 build 162599 on EA6200 devices; before 1.1.40 build 160989 on EA6300, EA6400, EA6500, and EA6700 devices; and before 1.1.42 build 161129 on EA6900 devices allows remote attackers to obtain the administrator's MD5 password hash via a direct request for the /.htpasswd URI.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516

CWEs

CWE-310

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.