CVE-2025-6982CWE-798

Hardcoded DES Decryption Keys in TP-Link Archer C50 V3/V4/V5 and C20 V5

Medium · published July 16, 2025

CVSS v4.0
6.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3(

<=

180703)/V4(

<=

250117

)/V5(

<=

200407

), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00283 · 19.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2025-07-16T20:01Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 20:01Z
    Hardcoded DES Decryption Keys in TP-Link Archer C50 V3/V4/V5 and C20 V5
    cvelistv5