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CVE-2023-38909

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38909 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting several TP-Link Tapo smart bulb and smart plug models, including the L530, L510E, L630, and P100 series, as well as the Tapo Application 2.8.14. A remote attacker can exploit a weakness in the AES128-CBC function's IV component to obtain sensitive information. The CVSS score is 6.5, indicating an attack vector of adjacent network, low attack complexity, and high confidentiality impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 81st 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
arxiv.org / pdf/2308.09019.pdf
ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
dmi.unict.it / giamp/smartbulbscanbehackedtohackintoyourhousehold
scitepress.org / Papers/2023/120929/120929.pdf
scitepress.org / PublicationsDetail.aspx
Third Party Advisory