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🛡️ CVE-2023-50224 — tl-wr841n-firmware

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-290 NVD
6.5
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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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-50224 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

CVE-2023-50224 is recorded against 1 package.

  • tl-wr841n-firmware

Timeline and source

Published on 3 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.tp-link.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
www.tp-link.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
www.cisa.gov

Other advisories for this package

tl-wr841n-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-290
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
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