Is CVE-2024-57040 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-57040 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-57040?

CVE-2024-57040 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-57040?

CVE-2024-57040 has an EPSS score of 1.05% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-57040

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

TP-Link TL-WR845N devices with firmware TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_200909 and TL-WR845N(UN)_V4_190219 was discovered to contain a hardcoded password for the root account which can be obtained by analyzing downloaded firmware or via a brute force attack through physical access to the router. NOTE: The supplier has stated that this issue was fixed in firmware versions 250401 or later.

CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.05%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

https://security.iiita.ac.in/iot/hashed_password.pdf

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-22.