Vulnerability · Published Dec 26, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-35575

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 7.6% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)7.6%top 5.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

A password-disclosure issue in the web interface on certain TP-Link devices allows a remote attacker to get full administrative access to the web panel. This affects WA901ND devices before 3.16.9(201211) beta, and Archer C5, Archer C7, MR3420, MR6400, WA701ND, WA801ND, WDR3500, WDR3600, WE843N, WR1043ND, WR1045ND, WR740N, WR741ND, WR749N, WR802N, WR840N, WR841HP, WR841N, WR842N, WR842ND, WR845N, WR940N, WR941HP, WR945N, WR949N, and WRD4300 devices.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.tp-link.com/us/security x_refsource_MISC
https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202012/20201214/wa901ndv5_eu_3_16_9_up_boot%28201211%29.zip x_refsource_MISC
https://pastebin.com/F8AuUdck x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163274/TP-Link-TL-WR841N-Command-Injection.html x_refsource_MISC