CVE-2020-24363
Actively exploited. CVE-2020-24363 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-09-02) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2020-24363 is indexed in Exploit-DB. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
TP-link TL-WA855RE contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker (on the same network) to submit a TDDP_RESET POST request for a factory reset and reboot. The attacker can then obtain incorrect access control by setting a new administrative password. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- There is a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to reset the device.
- Who is affected
- Users of the TP-Link TL-WA855RE range extender.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Users should discontinue product utilization.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 97% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2020-24363 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- Exploit-DBA public exploit is published in the Exploit-DB archive.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-24363: TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-09-02
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