CVE-2021-26827
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers...
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.
- Record
CVE-2021-26827- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.
- Record
CVE-2021-26827- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13612 No score
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.
- Record
EUVD-2021-13612- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-772c-rxr6-7vm7 No score
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers...
Buffer Overflow in TP-Link WR2041 v1 firmware for the TL-WR2041+ router allows remote attackers to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) by sending an HTTP request with a very long "ssid" parameter to the "/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html" webpage, which crashes the router.
- Record
GHSA-772c-rxr6-7vm7- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-26827 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Tp-link Tl-wr2041\+ Firmware, published April 14, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.70%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.