CVE-2025-4975
Tapo privilege escalation on shared devices using notifications
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Tapo privilege escalation on shared devices using notifications
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
- Record
CVE-2025-4975- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-28314
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
- Record
EUVD-2025-28314- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-568g-56p5-cj7r
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been...
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
- Record
GHSA-568g-56p5-cj7r- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/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 - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.
- Record
CVE-2025-4975- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/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 - Weakness
- CWE-863
- 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-2025-4975 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Tp-link Systems Inc. Tapo App, published May 22, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.15%, the 4th percentile. No source names a fixed version.