Vulnerability · Published Mar 29, 2023 · Assigned by zdi
CVE-2022-42433
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in TL-WR841N from TP-Link. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WR841N TL-WR841N(US)_V14_220121 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the ated_tp service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-17356.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H