CVE-2020-10916

8.0 highEPSS 1.1%

High (8.0) in tp-link tl-wa855re firmware. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of TP-Link TL-WA855RE Firmware Ver: 855rev4-up-ver1-0-1-P1[20191213-rel60361] Wi-Fi extenders. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the first-time setup process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation on first-time setup requests. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to reset the password for the Admin account and execute code in the context of the device. Was ZDI-CAN-10003.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.0 high

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

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-287
Published: 2020-05-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tp-link:tl-wa855re_firmware

References

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