CVE-2014-8243
Linksys SMART WiFi firmware on EA2700 and EA3500 devices; before 2.1.41 build 162351 on E4200v2 and EA4500 devices; before 1.1.41 build 162599 on EA6200 devices; before 1.1.40 build 160989 on EA6300, EA6400, EA6500, and EA6700 devices; and before 1.1.42 build 161129 on EA6900 devices allows remote attackers to obtain the administrator's MD5 password hash via a direct request for the /.htpasswd URI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8084)
- Published
- November 1, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8084 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linksys / e4200v2
- linksys / e4200v2 firmware
- linksys / ea2700
- linksys / ea2700 firmware
- linksys / ea3500
- linksys / ea3500 firmware
- linksys / ea4500
- linksys / ea4500 firmware
- linksys / ea6200
- linksys / ea6200 firmware
- linksys / ea6300
- linksys / ea6300 firmware
- linksys / ea6400
- linksys / ea6400 firmware
- linksys / ea6500
- linksys / ea6500 firmware
- linksys / ea6700
- linksys / ea6700 firmware
- linksys / ea6900
- linksys / ea6900 firmware
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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