CVE-2022-41540

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 72.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-10-18 00:00Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-05-15 14:59Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-09-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-798Use of Hard-coded CredentialsBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e63993477c4dd498a268b61bba49b70ae741ff4a7d68be4f5f57cb2bb429308e

• www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax10/v1/#Firmware
• github.comhttps://github.com/efchatz/easy-exploits/tree/main/Web/TP-Link/Offline-decryption