Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-8423
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-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 9.3% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)9.3%top 4.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
A buffer overflow in the httpd daemon on TP-Link TL-WR841N V10 (firmware version 3.16.9) devices allows an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a GET request to the page for the configuration of the Wi-Fi network.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/security x_refsource_MISC
- https://ktln2.org/2020/03/29/exploiting-mips-router/ x_refsource_MISC