CVE-2022-46914 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue in the firmware update process of TP-LINK TL-WA801N / TL-WA801ND V1 v3.12.16 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via uploading a crafted firmware image.

Published: 2022-12-20

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

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-wa801n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wa801n:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wa801nd_v1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wa801nd_v1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-49693	An issue in the firmware update process of TP-LINK TL-WA801N / TL-WA801ND V1 v3.12.16 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via uploading a crafted firmware image.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00653.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/BJ4czlpwi
https://www.tp-link.com/us/press/security-advisory/

History

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Tp-link Tl-wa801n Tl-wa801n Firmware Tl-wa801nd V1 Tl-wa801nd V1 Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-16T15:58:11.379Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-46914

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:27.872Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-20T20:15:11.133

Modified: 2025-04-16T16:15:25.877

Link: CVE-2022-46914

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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