CVE-2004-1685

Exp

SMC routers SMC7004VWBR running firmware 1.00.014 and SMC7008ABR EU running firmware 1.42.003 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication by connecting to it from the same IP address as the administrator who is logged in, then accessing the setup_status.htm or status.HTM pages.

Published: 2004-09-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1685 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1685

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.77% 1.84% +1.06%
2 2026-01-15 0.94% 0.77% -0.16%
3 2025-03-30 0.94%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
smc_networks smc7004vwbr 1.21a cpe:2.3:h:smc_networks:smc7004vwbr:1.21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smc_networks smc7004vwbr 1.22 cpe:2.3:h:smc_networks:smc7004vwbr:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smc_networks smc7004vwbr 1.23 cpe:2.3:h:smc_networks:smc7004vwbr:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
smc_networks smc7008abr 1.32 cpe:2.3:h:smc_networks:smc7008abr:1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1685

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