CVE-2023-40357 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple TP-LINK Archer series routers, including the AX50, A10, AX10, and AX11000, allowing an authenticated attacker on the local network to execute arbitrary OS commands. With a CVSS score of 8.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires authenticated access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, organizations should prioritize patching due to the high potential impact of this CWE-78 OS command injection flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 230529CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax50_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 230504CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_a10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 230508CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 230523CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax11000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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