CVE-2008-6823

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the management interface on the A-LINK WL54AP3 and WL54AP2 access points before firmware 1.4.2-eng1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) modify the network configuration via certain parameters to goform/formWanTcpipSetup or (2) modify credentials via certain parameters to goform/formPasswordSetup.

Published: 2009-06-04 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6823 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.54%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-6823

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6899 exploit_db edb 2008-10-31 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6823

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 3.32% 1.54% -1.78%
2 2026-06-04 2.98% 3.32% +0.33%
3 2025-12-18 — 2.98% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6823

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6823

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6823

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
a-link wl54ap2 <= 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap2 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap2:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 <= 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a-link wl54ap3 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:h:a-link:wl54ap3:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6823

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