CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-29402

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2022-05-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2022-05-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-306

Description

TP-Link TL-WR840N EU v6.20 was discovered to contain insecure protections for its UART console. This vulnerability allows attackers to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

Affected configurations

• tp-link tl-wr840n firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness

References