CVE-2008-1242

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The control panel on the Belkin F5D7230-4 router with firmware 9.01.10 maintains authentication state by IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by establishing a session from a source IP address of a previously authenticated user, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3802.

Affected products

Belkin F5D7230-4: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29345
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28317
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41120
http://secunia.com/advisories/29345
http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28317
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41120

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