CVE-2014-8424

high

Published 2014-11-28 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

ARRIS VAP2500 before FW08.41 does not properly validate passwords, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-35372 webapps hardware

HeadlessZeke · 2014-11-25

Arris VAP2500 - Authentication Bypass

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/http/vap2500_tools_command_exec rank 300

Arris VAP2500 tools_command.php Command Execution

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References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.