CVE-2023-48724VulnerabilityPublished 9 Apr 2024Updated 4 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-48724: Tp-Link AC1350 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Access Point (EAP225 V3) · Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Affects Tp-Link AC1350 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Access Point (EAP225 V3)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 73% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Apr 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

1. Immediately restrict access to the web management interface of affected Tp-Link AC1350 EAP225 V3 devices to trusted administrative networks using firewall rules or VLAN segmentation to prevent unauthorized network access. 2. Monitor network traffic for unusual HTTP POST requests targeting the device’s management IP addresses and implement intrusion detection/prevention system (IDS/IPS) signatures to detect and block exploit attempts. 3. Disable remote management features if not required, especially access from untrusted external networks or the internet. 4. Regularly audit device firmware versions across the network to identify and inventory devices running the vulnerable firmware version 5.1.0 Build 20220926. 5. Engage with Tp-Link support channels to obtain and apply firmware updates or patches as soon as they become available. 6. Implement network segmentation to isolate critical wireless infrastructure from general user networks and internet-facing segments. 7. Educate network administrators about the vulnerability and ensure incident response plans include steps to handle potential denial of service on network devices. 8. Consider deploying alternative management methods such as SSH or SNMP with secure configurations if supported, to maintain access in case the web interface is disrupted.

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the web interface functionality of Tp-Link AC1350 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Access Point (EAP225 V3) v5.1.0 Build 20220926. A specially crafted HTTP POST request can lead to denial of service of the device's web interface. An attacker can send an unauthenticated HTTP POST request to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a significant risk to network availability and operational continuity. The affected Tp-Link AC1350 EAP225 V3 devices are commonly deployed in enterprise and SMB wireless networks across Europe. Exploitation could disrupt wireless network management by rendering the device's web interface inaccessible, delaying incident response and configuration changes. This could lead to prolonged network outages or degraded wireless service, impacting business operations, especially in sectors reliant on continuous connectivity such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Additionally, denial of service conditions could be leveraged as part of multi-stage attacks or to distract security teams. Although the vulnerability does not expose sensitive data or allow device takeover, the loss of management access complicates remediation efforts. Organizations with large deployments of this device model and firmware version are at heightened risk. The lack of authentication requirement means attackers can exploit the vulnerability from any network segment with access to the device, including potentially exposed management interfaces on the internet or poorly segmented internal networks.

CWE-121Stack-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #14
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
Operation · Build and Compilation · Environment Hardening
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index…
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Implementation
Implement and perform bounds checking on input.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 4 Nov 2025, 19:04 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-121

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