A vulnerability was identified in Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 4.0.17.1566. This issue affects the function Home of the file /etc/init.d/mpt of the component Boot Script. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was identified in Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 4.0.17.1566. This issue affects the function Home of the file /etc/init.d/mpt of the component Boot Script. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title Qihoo 360 Whole Home Router M5 Boot Script mpt start hard-coded credentials
First Time appeared Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 whole Home Router M5
Weaknesses CWE-259
CWE-798
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:qihoo_360:whole_home_router_m5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Qihoo 360
Qihoo 360 whole Home Router M5
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-04T01:45:46.225Z

Reserved: 2026-11-03T16:23:51.359Z

Link: CVE-2026-121609

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-04T02:17:20.243

Modified: 2026-11-04T02:17:20.413

Link: CVE-2026-121609

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