CVE-2023-50224 — TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability
Overview
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.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-50224
- Vulnerability
- TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability
- Vendor
- TP-Link
- Affected products
- TP-Link: TL-WR841N
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2025-09-03
Remediation guidance
CVE-2023-50224 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for TP-Link the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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