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critical 9.8

CVE-2021-4045 in the critical feed json

TP-LINK Tapo C200 remote code execution vulnerability

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-33942

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
72.4%
EPSS 72.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

TP-Link Tapo C200 IP camera, on its 1.1.15 firmware version and below, is affected by an unauthenticated RCE vulnerability, present in the uhttpd binary running by default as root. The exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker to take full control of the camera.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-51017)

Exploit prediction

72.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51017 TP-Link Tapo c200 1.1.15 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) webapps, 2022-09-23
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168472/TP-Link-Tapo-c200-1.1.15-Remote-Code-Execution.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • TP-Link Tapo C200

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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