CVE-2023-40357 — Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to exe

Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. Affected products/versions are as follows: Archer AX50 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX50(JP)_V1_230529', Archer A10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple TP-LINK products allow a network-adjacent authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands. Affected products/versions are as follows: Archer AX50 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX50(JP)_V1_230529', Archer A10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer A10(JP)_V2_230504', Archer AX10 firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX10(JP)_V1.2_230508', and Archer AX11000 firmware versions prior…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
TP-LINK	Archer AX50	firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX50(JP)_V1_230529'
TP-LINK	Archer A10	firmware versions prior to 'Archer A10(JP)_V2_230504'
TP-LINK	Archer AX10	firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX10(JP)_V1.2_230508'
TP-LINK	Archer AX11000	firmware versions prior to 'Archer AX11000(JP)_V1_230523'

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: 2023-09-06T09:21:35.820Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-27T20:07:01.652Z

09References

• www.tp-link.com — https://www.tp-link.com/jp/support/download/archer-ax50/#Firmware
• www.tp-link.com — https://www.tp-link.com/jp/support/download/archer-a10/#Firmware
• www.tp-link.com — https://www.tp-link.com/jp/support/download/archer-ax10/#Firmware
• www.tp-link.com — https://www.tp-link.com/jp/support/download/archer-ax11000/#Firmware
• jvn.jp — https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU99392903/