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CVE-2025-6982

medium

Description

Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3( <= 180703)/V4( <= 250117 )/V5( <= 200407 ), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.

References

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4538/

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554637

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554637

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-16

Updated: 2026-04-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002