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CVE-2004-2557

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-2557 describes a critical vulnerability in the NetGear WG602 (v1) Wireless Access Point, specifically version 1.7.14, where a hardcoded "superman" account with the password "21241036" exists. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access and modify the device's configuration. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to potential integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wg602:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2004-06/0036.html
Exploit
kbserver.netgear.com / kb_web_files/n101383.asp
secunia.com / advisories/11773
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16312
slashdot.org / articles/04/06/08/1319206.shtml
Exploit
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/o-159.shtml
osvdb.org / 6743
securityfocus.com / archive/1/365230
securityfocus.com / bid/10459