What is CVE-2008-1265?

CVE-2008-1265 is a vulnerability in Linksys Wrt54g, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2008-03-10.

Is CVE-2008-1265 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Linksys Wrt54g

CVE-2008-1265

The Linksys WRT54G router allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (device restart) via a long username and password to the FTP interface.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

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

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linksys Wrt54g

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

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/41127 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-1265?: CVE-2008-1265 is a vulnerability in Linksys Wrt54g, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2008-03-10.
Is CVE-2008-1265 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.