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CVE-2005-2589

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2589 describes an unknown vulnerability in Linksys WRT54GS wireless routers running firmware 4.50.6, specifically when WPA Personal/TKIP authentication is enabled. This flaw permits remote clients to bypass authentication and connect without encryption. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability from a remote network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.50.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wrt54gs:4.50.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/16457
securitytracker.com / id
securityfocus.com / archive/1/408161
securityfocus.com / bid/14566