CVE-2008-1247 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the web interface of the Linksys WRT54g router with firmware 1.00.9. Remote attackers can perform arbitrary administrative actions by directly requesting specific .tri scripts without requiring credentials. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity, as it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve complete compromise of the device (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability impacts are all high). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its EPSS score suggests a moderate likelihood of exploitation. Despite its age and severity, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:wrt54g:*:*:1.00.9:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.