Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-35717

High

Published: 03 May 2024

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
12 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0005 14.5th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-35717 is a high-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Tp-Link Tapo C210 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 14.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

TP-Link Tapo C210 Password Recovery Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of TP-Link Tapo C210 IP cameras. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the password…

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recovery mechanism. The issue results from reliance upon the secrecy of the password derivation algorithm when generating a recovery password. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. . Was ZDI-CAN-20484.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tp-link
tapo c210 firmware
1.3.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

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