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CVE-2008-1268

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The FTP server on the Linksys WRT54G 7 router with 7.00.1 firmware does not verify authentication credentials, which allows remote attackers to establish an FTP session by sending an arbitrary username and password.

Affected products

• Linksys Wrt54G: 7

References

• http://swbae.egloos.com/1701135
• http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41119
• http://swbae.egloos.com/1701135
• http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41119

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