Comment by pbasista

> The associated username is not validated, so any provided username will succeed when paired with the backdoor password.

Great. I am really wondering why should the customers trust these manufacturers.

At this point I would not use any router with vendor-provided black box firmware. Full stop.

I would always install OpenWRT or something similar on it before using it.

And if that is not possible for whatever reason, I would not even think about buying such a device.