CVE-2023-50224
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-50224 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-09-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
TP-Link TL-WR841N contains an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default, leading to the disclose of stored credentials. 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 an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability within the httpd service.
- Who is affected
- Users of the TP-Link TL-WR841N router.
- 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.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-50224: TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2025-09-03
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