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CVE-2022-4499

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
11/01/2023
Last modified:
04/11/2025

Description

TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c5_firmware:2_160201_us:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr710n_firmware:1_151022_us:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr710n:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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