{"id":"CVE-2023-39471","aliases":["EUVD-2023-43194","GHSA-ff5w-vxjm-5vxf"],"status":"published","title":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WR841N routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the ated_tp service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-21825.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00913,"percentile":0.60519,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-77","CWE-78"],"published":"2024-05-03T02:10:38Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:12:24Z","products":[{"vendor":"tp-link","product":"tl-wr840n"},{"vendor":"tp-link","product":"tl-wr840n_firmware"},{"vendor":"tp-link","product":"tl-wr841n"},{"vendor":"tp-link","product":"tl-wr841n_firmware"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1624/","tags":["x_research-advisory","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39471"},{"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1624"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ff5w-vxjm-5vxf"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-39471","title":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","description":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WR841N routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the ated_tp service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-21825.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T02:10:38.498Z","modified":"2024-08-02T18:10:20.683Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:33.138994Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-43194","description":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WR841N routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the ated_tp service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-21825.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T03:30:56Z","modified":"2025-08-12T18:32:20Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-77","CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:03:16.090631Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-39471","description":"TP-Link TL-WR841N ated_tp Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 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