CVE-2025-8231 is a critical hard-coded credentials vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-890L routers up to firmware version 111b04, specifically within the rgbin file processing of the UART Port component. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), this vulnerability requires physical access to the device (AV:P) but allows for complete compromise (C:H, I:H, A:H) without user interaction. Although the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, likely due to affecting only unsupported products.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.11b04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-890l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.