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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-4499

By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.71%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.71% probability · 52th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-203
Affected
tp-link/archer c5 firmware · tp-link/tl-wr710n firmware
Source
cret@cert.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.