🛡️ CVE-2022-29402
🟡 CVSS 6.8 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-306 NVD
6.8
CVSS Score
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Description

TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v6.20 was discovered to contain insecure protections for its UART console. This vulnerability allows attackers to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-306
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-05-25
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
tl-wr840n-firmware

References

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