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Type Vulnerability

TP-Link · Auth bypass

TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

1 sourceCVE-2023-50224

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-WR841N, 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-WR841N, 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-WR841N contains an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default, leading to the disclose of stored credentials. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS).
  • CVE-2023-50224 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 52m ago · Next recheck 10 Nov 2026, 04:08 UK time · 1 quiet check collapsed

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

Suggested changed to 7d.

Listed on the — prioritise confirming exposure and patching.

EscalationDe-escalationCritical / liveWhat these mean
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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ConfirmedHeadline90% confidence

    TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing Vulnerability

  • ConfirmedSummary fact75% confidence

    TP-Link TL-WR841N contains an authentication bypass by spoofing vulnerability within the httpd service, which listens on TCP port 80 by default, leading to the disclose of stored credentials. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization. Affects TP-Link TL-WR841N. Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown.

  • ConfirmedCVE identifier95% confidence

    Event involves CVE-2023-50224

  • ConfirmedKnown-exploited catalogue98% confidence

    CVE-2023-50224 is listed in known-exploited catalogue (exploitation in the wild)