CVE-2025-15541
Access to System Files via SFTP on TP-Link VX800v
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers to use crafted symbolic links to access system files, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity risk.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Access to System Files via SFTP on TP-Link VX800v
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers to use crafted symbolic links to access system files, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity risk.
- Record
CVE-2025-15541- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-206516
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers to use crafted symbolic links to access system files, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity risk.
- Record
EUVD-2025-206516- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hx96-pcc2-pxx9
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers...
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers to use crafted symbolic links to access system files, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity risk.
- Record
GHSA-hx96-pcc2-pxx9- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper link resolution in the VX800v v1.0 SFTP service allows authenticated adjacent attackers to use crafted symbolic links to access system files, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity risk.
- Record
CVE-2025-15541- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-15541 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Tp-link Systems Inc. Vx800v V1.0, published January 29, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.27%, the 19th percentile. No source names a fixed version.