CVE-2025-7072 (GCVE-0-2025-7072)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-09 11:30
Modified
2026-01-09 16:24
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Summary
The firmware in KAON CG3000TC and CG3000T routers contains hard-coded credentials in clear text (shared across all routers of this model) that an unauthenticated remote attacker could use to execute commands with root privileges. This vulnerability has been fixed in firmware version: 1.00.67 for CG3000TC and 1.00.27 for CG3000T.
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KAON CG3000T Version: 0   < 1.00.27
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