CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-4499 — Tp-Link Archer C5 Firmware security vulnerability

High CVSS 7.5

TP-Link routers, Archer C5 and WR710N-V1, using the latest software, the strcmp function used for checking credentials in httpd, is susceptible to a side-channel attack. By measuring the response time of the httpd process, an attacker could guess each byte of the username and password.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2023-01-11
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-203

Affected products

  • tp-link / archer_c5_firmware / 2_160201_us
  • tp-link / tl-wr710n_firmware / 1_151022_us

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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