{"id":"CVE-2008-1526","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-1526","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:40:24.147Z","title":"ZyXEL Prestige routers, including P-660, P-661, and P-662 models with firmware 3.40(PE9) and 3.40(AGD.2) through 3.40(AHQ.3), do not use a salt when calculating an MD5 password hash, which makes it easier for attackers to crack passwords.","description":"ZyXEL Prestige routers, including P-660, P-661, and P-662 models with firmware 3.40(PE9) and 3.40(AGD.2) through 3.40(AHQ.3), do not use a salt when calculating an MD5 password hash, which makes it easier for attackers to crack passwords.","published":"2008-03-26T10:44:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:51:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-916"],"affected":["zyxel/p-663hn-51 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-61 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-63 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-67 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-d1 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-d3 firmware","zyxel/p-660hn-51 firmware","zyxel/p-660h-t1 firmware","zyxel/p-660hw d1 firmware","zyxel/p-660hw d3 firmware","zyxel/p-660hw t3 firmware","zyxel/p-661hnu-f1 firmware","zyxel/p-661h firmware","zyxel/p-661hw-d1 firmware","zyxel/p-661hnu-f3 firmware","zyxel/p-662hw-d3 firmware","zyxel/p-662hw-d firmware","zyxel/p-662hw-d1 firmware","zyxel/p-662h-61 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.0089,"percentile":0.5911,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1526","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}