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Type Vulnerability

TP-Link

TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication Vulnerability

1 sourceCVE-2020-24363

At a glance

Medium
7-day window, from the last update
ActiveConfirmed in-the-wild exploitation
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Signal

Actively exploited in the wild — prioritise confirming exposure.

Why Medium

Medium rather than High: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If you run or depend on TP-Link TL-WA855RE, treat it as High.

Briefing

There is no written leader briefing for this story yet. These questions come from the facts we hold.

Questions to ask IT

  • Do we run TP-Link TL-WA855RE, and which versions?
  • Is any of it reachable from the internet?
  • Have we checked whether it has already been used against us?
  • If it is not yet patched, what mitigation is in place, and will the fix be done by 11 Nov?

Next steps

  1. Confirm exposure, mitigation status and any service interruption risk.

Summary

  • TP-link TL-WA855RE contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker (on the same network) to submit a TDDP_RESET POST request for a factory reset and reboot. The attacker can then obtain incorrect access control by setting a new administrative password. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS).
  • CVE-2020-24363 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)
  • Authoritative catalogues report active exploitation of this vulnerability.

Why this matters in the UK

  • Known-exploited catalogue reports exploitation in the wild

Products and services involved

3 reports

Part of TP-Link and Oracle vulnerability disclosures

Pulse

Last checked 51m ago · Next recheck 10 Nov 2026, 04:08 UK time · 2 quiet checks collapsed

Update
4 Nov 2026, 23:36 UK time · 4d ago

Suggested changed to 7d.

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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence

    TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability

  • ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence

    TP-link TL-WA855RE contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability. This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker (on the same network) to submit a TDDP_RESET POST request for a factory reset and reboot. The attacker can then obtain incorrect access control by setting a new administrative password. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization. Affects TP-Link TL-WA855RE.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2020-24363

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2020-24363 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)