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CVE-2025-62501

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-62501 is an SSH Hostkey misconfiguration vulnerability affecting TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 routers through firmware version 1.3.1 Build 20241120. This flaw allows attackers to conduct a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack to obtain device credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized access if those credentials are subsequently reused. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax53_firmware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.8%
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 12th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

watchguardpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

watchguardllm-watchguard-c63ad8897bc11696

Security Advisory on Multiple Vulnerabilities on Archer AX53

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2291
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports
Third Party Advisory
tp-link.com / en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1
Product
tp-link.com / my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1
Product
tp-link.com / us/support/faq/4943
Vendor Advisory