CVE-2015-7251

CRITICAL

ZTE ZXHN H108N R1A Firmware < ZTE.bhs.ZXHNH108NR1A.k_PE - Unauthenticated Hardcoded Root Password

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2015-7251. PoCs published by Karn Ganeshen.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a detailed writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in ZTE ZXHN H108N R1A and ZXV10 W300 routers, including information exposure, improper authorization, path traversal, hard-coded credentials, and XSS. It provides proof-of-concept details for each vulnerability but does not include executable exploit code.

Description

ZTE ZXHN H108N R1A devices before ZTE.bhs.ZXHNH108NR1A.k_PE have a hardcoded password of root for the root account, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access via a TELNET session.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP

by Karn Ganeshen · textwebappshardware

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38773

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This is a detailed writeup describing multiple vulnerabilities in ZTE ZXHN H108N R1A and ZXV10 W300 routers, including information exposure, improper authorization, path traversal, hard-coded credentials, and XSS. It provides proof-of-concept details for each vulnerability but does not include executable exploit code.

Classification

Writeup 100%

Attack Type

Info Leak | Auth Bypass | Other

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: ZTE ZXHN H108N R1A (ZTE.bhs.ZXHNH108NR1A.h_PE) and ZTE ZXV10 W300 (W300V1.0.0f_ER1_PE)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Network access to the target router · Knowledge of the router's IP address

MITRE ATT&CK

T1087 - Account Discovery T1003 - OS Credential Dumping T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter T1055 - Process Injection

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77421

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_confirm

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-9ZDJWA

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/391604

Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38773/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.3883

EPSS Percentile 97.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-255

Status published

Products (1)

zte/zxhn_h108n_r1a_firmware < zte.bhs.zxhnh108nr1a.h_pe

Published Dec 30, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026