CVE-2014-8243 is a vulnerability in Linksys SMART WiFi firmware across several EA series router models, allowing remote attackers to obtain the administrator's MD5 password hash by directly requesting the /.htpasswd URI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a low severity. An attacker on the adjacent network can exploit this with low complexity to gain partial confidentiality of the administrator's password hash. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.14212.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea4500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea4500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.1.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6500_firmware:*:153731:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.1.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6400_firmware:*:153731:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.