CVE-2022-29402 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v6.20 was discovered to contain insecure protections for its UART console. This vulnerability allows attackers to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

Published: 2022-05-25

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr840n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr840n:6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr840n_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr840n:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-33741	TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v6.20 was discovered to contain insecure protections for its UART console. This vulnerability allows attackers to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://k4m1ll0.com/cve-tplink-tlwr840N-uart-shell.html

History

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Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wr840n Tl-wr840n Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-05-25T17:24:29.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:17:55.229Z

Reserved: 2022-04-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-29402

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-25T18:15:08.570

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:59:00.853

Link: CVE-2022-29402

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306

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