{"id":"CVE-2025-6982","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-6982","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:09:04.825Z","title":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3( <= 180703)/V4( <= 250117 )/V5( <= 200407 ), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.","description":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3(\n\n<=\n\n180703)/V4(\n\n\n\n<=\n\n250117\n\n)/V5(\n\n\n\n<=\n\n200407\n\n), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.","published":"2025-07-16T20:15:26.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:02:59.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00283,"percentile":0.20587,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4538/","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554637","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6982","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}