CVE-2025-8730 Belkin F9K1009/F9K1010 Web Interface hard-coded credentials
Attackers can remotely access the Belkin router web interface using hard-coded credentials, leading to full device compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8730?
CVE-2025-8730 is a critical vulnerability in Belkin F9K1009, published on 8 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Belkin F9K1009 and F9K1010 2.00.04/2.00.09 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8730?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8730?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8730 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8730 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8730 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7rgh-5f2m-h2j8.