What is CVE-2025-52054?

CVE-2025-52054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenda Ac8, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-52054?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-52054 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Tenda Ac8

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. 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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (21.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tenda Ac8 — versions 4.0
Tenda Ac8_firmware
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-52054?: CVE-2025-52054 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenda Ac8, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-52054?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-52054 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.