VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2020-24363

unknown KEV
Published 2025-09-02 · Modified 2025-09-02
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

TP-link TL-WA855RE contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker (on the same network) to submit a TDDP_RESET POST request for a factory reset and reboot. The attacker can then obtain incorrect access control by setting a new administrative password. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.

CISA KEV

Vendor
TP-Link
Product
TL-WA855RE
Due date
2025-09-23

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-49092 webapps hardware
malwrforensics · 2020-11-23

TP-Link TL-WA855RE V5_200415 - Device Reset Auth Bypass

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References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.