CVE-2020-28005
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated...
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated users to trigger a buffer overflow (causing a denial of service) by sending a POST request to the /admin/syslog endpoint. Fixed version: TL-WPA4220(EU)_V4_201023
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated users to trigger a buffer overflow (causing a denial of service) by sending a POST request to the /admin/syslog endpoint. Fixed version: TL-WPA4220(EU)_V4_201023
- Record
CVE-2020-28005- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated users to trigger a buffer overflow (causing a denial of service) by sending a POST request to the /admin/syslog endpoint. Fixed version: TL-WPA4220(EU)_V4_201023
- Record
CVE-2020-28005- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-20496 No score
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated users to trigger a buffer overflow (causing a denial of service) by sending a POST request to the /admin/syslog endpoint. Fixed version: TL-WPA4220(EU)_V4_201023
- Record
EUVD-2020-20496- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-94q8-gmc5-fvp3 No score
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated...
httpd on TP-Link TL-WPA4220 devices (hardware versions 2 through 4) allows remote authenticated users to trigger a buffer overflow (causing a denial of service) by sending a POST request to the /admin/syslog endpoint. Fixed version: TL-WPA4220(EU)_V4_201023
- Record
GHSA-94q8-gmc5-fvp3- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-28005 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tp-link Tl-wpa4220 Firmware, published November 18, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.81%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.