{"cve":"CVE-2008-1524","nvd":{"published":"2008-03-26T10:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:51:54.500","status":"Modified","description":"The SNMP service on ZyXEL Prestige routers, including P-660 and P-661 models with firmware 3.40(AGD.2) through 3.40(AHQ.3), has \"public\" as its default community for both (1) read and (2) write operations, which allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions via SNMP, as demonstrated by reading the Dynamic DNS service password or inserting an XSS sequence into the system.sysName.0 variable, which is displayed on the System Status page.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-16"],"references":["http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/","http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489009/100/0/threaded","http://www.gnucitizen.org/projects/router-hacking-challenge/","http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_ZyXEL_Gateways.pdf"],"products":["zyxel:prestige_660","zyxel:prestige_661","zyxel:zynos"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1524","score":0.01322,"percentile":0.70897,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}