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CVE-2023-50224

6.5, medium Known exploited

TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability

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CVSS
6.5, medium medium CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
20% higher than 97.4% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
3 May 20242 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Sept 2025. US federal agencies had to remediate by 24 Sept 2025, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

TP-Link TL-WR841N dropbearpwd Improper Authentication Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WR841N routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default. The issue results from improper authentication. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored credentials, leading to further compromise. Was ZDI-CAN-19899.

Details

Vendor
TP-Link
Product
TL-WR841N
Weakness
CWE-290 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
3 Sept 2026
Assigner
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References 4

Advisories 2

Other references 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other TP-Link CVEs

Every TP-Link CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2025-9377 TP-Link Archer C7(EU) and TL-WR841N/ND(MS) OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 38% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2023-33538 TP-Link Multiple Routers Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 42% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2023-1389 TP-Link Archer AX-21 Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2020-24363 TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability KEV EPSS 22% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2015-3035 TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices Directory Traversal Vulnerability KEV EPSS 84% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 18 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.