Medium severity · published Aug 28, 2025
CVE-2025-52054
An issue was discovered in Tenda AC8 v4.0 AC1200 Dual-band Gigabit Wireless Router AC8v4.0 Firmware 16.03.33.05
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AF
Ac8 Firmware · Tenda
through 16.03.33.05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52054
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-52054
Exploit
https://www.virtualhackinglabs.com/advisories/cve-2025-52054-tenda-ac8-calculated-root-password/
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