TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA deadline 2025-09-24 · passed 11 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA
What happened
TP-Link TL-WR841N contains an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default, leading to the disclose of stored credentials. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
Who is affected
TP-Link TL-WR841N. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.
Weakness class: CWE-290.
Timeline
- Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
- CISA remediation deadlinepassed 11 months ago
Sources
- NVD entry for CVE-2023-50224 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50224
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- tp-link.com www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4308/
- nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50224