CVE-2014-8656
The Compal Broadband Networks (CBN) CH6640E and CG6640E Wireless Gateway 1.0 with firmware CH6640-3.5.11.7-NOSH have a default password of (1) admin for the admin account and (2) compalbn for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Compal Broadband Networks (CBN) CH6640E and CG6640E Wireless Gateway 1.0 with firmware CH6640-3.5.11.7-NOSH have a default password of (1) admin for the admin account and (2) compalbn for the root account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access to certain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 10.85% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 27 October 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- compal broadband networks/firmware · compal broadband networks/cg6640e wireless gateway · compal broadband networks/ch664oe wireless gateway
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 10.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113836
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128860/CBN-CH6640E-CG6640E-Wireless-Gateway-XSS-CSRF-DoS-Disclosure.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35075Exploit
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5203.phpExploit
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/113836
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128860/CBN-CH6640E-CG6640E-Wireless-Gateway-XSS-CSRF-DoS-Disclosure.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35075Exploit
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2014-5203.phpExploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.