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TP-Link warns users to patch critical router auth bypass flaw<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/tp-link-warns-users-to-patch-critical-router-auth-bypass-flaw\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-25 07:11:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.bleepingcomputer.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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TP-Link has patched several vulnerabilities in its Archer NX router series, including a critical-severity flaw that may allow attackers to bypass authentication and upload new firmware.<\/p>\n

Tracked as CVE-2025-15517, this security flaw affects Archer NX200, NX210, NX500, and NX600 wireless routers and stems from a missing authentication weakness that attackers can exploit without privileges.<\/p>\n

“A missing authentication check in the HTTP server to certain cgi endpoints allows unauthenticated access intended for authenticated users,” TP-Link explained earlier this week when it released security updates that address the vulnerability.<\/p>\n

“An attacker may perform privileged HTTP actions without authentication, including firmware upload and configuration operations.”<\/p>\n

TP-Link also removed a hardcoded cryptographic key (CVE-2025-15605) in the configuration mechanism, which allowed authenticated attackers to decrypt configuration files, modify them, and re-encrypt them.<\/p>\n

Additionally, it addressed two command injection vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-15518 and CVE-2025-15519) that enable threat actors with admin privileges to execute arbitrary commands.<\/p>\n

The company “strongly” recommended that customers download and install the latest firmware version to block potential attacks exploiting these flaws.<\/p>\n

“If you do not take all recommended actions, this vulnerability will remain. TP-Link cannot bear any responsibility for consequences that could have been avoided by following this advisory,” it added.<\/p>\n

In September, TP-Link was forced to rush out patches for a zero-day vulnerability impacting multiple router models after failing to release patches following a May 2024 report. The unpatched security flaw allowed attackers to intercept or manipulate unencrypted traffic, reroute DNS queries to malicious servers, and inject malicious payloads into web sessions.<\/p>\n

CISA added two other TP-Link flaws (CVE-2023-50224 and CVE-2025-9377) to its Known Exploited Vulnerability catalog in…<\/p>\n

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