CVE-2022-4499 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tp-link	Archer C5 Archer C5 Firmware Tl-wr710n Tl-wr710n Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c5_firmware:2_160201_us:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c5:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr710n_firmware:1_151022_us:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr710n:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51840	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/572615

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2023-01-11T18:48:41.778Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:15.425Z

Reserved: 2022-12-14T18:09:49.250Z

Link: CVE-2022-4499

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:15.425Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T19:15:10.170

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:15.397

Link: CVE-2022-4499

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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