THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1242
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1242

F5d7230 4 vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The control panel on the Belkin F5D7230-4 router with firmware 9.01.10 maintains authentication state by IP address, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by establishing a session from a source IP address of a previously authenticated user, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3802.
Affected vendor
Belkin
Affected product
F5d7230 4
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2008-03-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1242

  • Confirm whether Belkin F5d7230 4 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1242.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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