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 1625
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.
- Published
- Nov 1, 2014
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 67th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-310
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Report tools
Action score
13
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 13 / 40 · 3.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linksys | ea4500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea4500_firmware |
| linksys | ea4500 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea4500 |
| linksys | ea6500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6500_firmware |
| linksys | ea6500 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6500 |
| linksys | ea6400 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6400_firmware |
| linksys | ea6400 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6400 |
| linksys | e4200v2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:e4200v2_firmware |
| linksys | e4200v2 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:e4200v2 |
| linksys | ea6300 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6300_firmware |
| linksys | ea6300 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6300 |
| linksys | ea6900 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:linksys:ea6900_firmware |
| linksys | ea6900 | cpe:2.3:h:linksys:ea6900 |
and 8 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linksys e4200v2all versions
- linksys e4200v2 firmwareup to 2.0.14212.1 inclusive
- linksys ea2700all versions
- linksys ea2700 firmwareup to 2.0.14294 inclusive
- linksys ea3500all versions
- linksys ea3500 firmwareup to 2.0.14294 inclusive
- linksys ea4500all versions
- linksys ea4500 firmwareup to 2.0.14212.1 inclusive
- linksys ea6200all versions
- linksys ea6200 firmwareup to 1.1.41 inclusive
- linksys ea6300all versions
- linksys ea6300 firmwareup to 1.1.40 inclusive
- linksys ea6400all versions
- linksys ea6400 firmwareup to 1.1.40 inclusive
- linksys ea6500all versions
- linksys ea6500 firmwareup to 1.1.40 inclusive
- linksys ea6700all versions
- linksys ea6700 firmwareup to 1.1.40 inclusive
- linksys ea6900all versions
- linksys ea6900 firmwareup to 1.1.42 inclusive
Same product
linksys: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-10677Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exists on Linksys EA4500 devices with Firmware Version before 2.1.41.164606, as demonstrated by a request 35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-310 · Cryptographic IssuesCVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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