CVE-2023-50224

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-09-03. Federal remediation due 2025-09-24.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• 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

15.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-03.

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

2024-05-03 02:14Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-09-02 17:58Z2 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2023-12-05

Assigning CNA

zdi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-290Authentication Bypass by SpoofingBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

8e837b4a72dc74b37e967ab9b966be0e3114d1060bf8043fd44e0fc9c7ea275e

• www.zerodayinitiative.comZDI-23-1808https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1808/x_research-advisory
• www.tp-link.comvendor-provided URLhttps://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr841n/v12/#Firmwarevendor-advisory
• www.tp-link.comvendor-advisoryhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5058/vendor-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-50224government-resource