What is CVE-2008-1261?

CVE-2008-1261 is a vulnerability in Zyxel P-2602hw-D1a. Published 2008-03-10.

Is CVE-2008-1261 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Zyxel P-2602hw-D1a

CVE-2008-1261

The Zyxel P-2602HW-D1A router with 3.40(AJZ.1) firmware provides different responses to admin page requests depending on whether a user is logged in, which allows remote attackers to obtain current login status by requesting an arbitrary admin URI.

Published 2008-03-10 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Zyxel P-2602hw-D1a — versions 3.40\(ajz.1\), 3.40(ajz.1)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41113 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-1261?: CVE-2008-1261 is a vulnerability in Zyxel P-2602hw-D1a. Published 2008-03-10.
Is CVE-2008-1261 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.