Arbitrary File Reading Vulnerability in dnsmasq Module in TP-Link AX53
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.8epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 72% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
An external configuration control vulnerability in the OpenVPN module of TP-Link AX53 v1.0 allows an authenticated adjacent attacker to read arbitrary files when a malicious configuration file is processed. Successful exploitation may allow unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the device, potentially exposing sensitive information.This issue affects AX53 v1.0: before 1.7.1 Build 20260213.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
TP-Link Systems Inc. · AX53 v1.0References
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2305https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/