CVE-2022-46432 — An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on TP-Link TL-

An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR743ND V1. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denia

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable firmware modification vulnerability was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR743ND V1. An attacker can conduct a MITM (Man-in-the-Middle) attack to modify the user-uploaded firmware image and bypass the CRC check, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service (DoS). This affects v3.12.20 and earlier.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-16T17:51:29.286Z

09References

• www.tp-link.com — https://www.tp-link.com/us/press/security-advisory/
• hackmd.io — https://hackmd.io/%40slASVrz_SrW7NQCsunofeA/B1Vgv1uwo