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CVE-2023-38906

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38906 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting various TP-Link Tapo smart devices and the Tapo Application. An unauthenticated remote attacker on the same local network can exploit this flaw by intercepting UDP messages to obtain sensitive authentication codes. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a moderate risk, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tp-link:tapo:2.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tapo_l530e_firmware:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

arxiv.org / abs/2308.09019
Third Party Advisory
dmi.unict.it / giamp/smartbulbscanbehackedtohackintoyourhousehold
scitepress.org / Papers/2023/120929/120929.pdf
scitepress.org / PublicationsDetail.aspx
Third Party Advisory