Description
An issue was discovered in Tenda AC8 v4.0 AC1200 Dual-band Gigabit Wireless Router AC8v4.0 Firmware 16.03.33.05. The root password of the device is calculated with a static string and the last two octets of the MAC address of the device. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to authenticate with network services on the device.
Affected products
tenda: ac8 firmware; tenda: ac8
References1
- www.virtualhackinglabs.com/advisories/cve-2025-52054-tenda-ac8-… ExploitThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.3
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 24 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-287
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