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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-12110 in the critical feed json

Certain TP-Link devices have a Hardcoded Encryption Key.

published 2020-05-04 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-4426

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.6%
EPSS 13.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain TP-Link devices have a Hardcoded Encryption Key. This affects NC200 2.1.9 build 200225, N210 1.0.9 build 200304, NC220 1.3.0 build 200304, NC230 1.3.0 build 200304, NC250 1.3.0 build 200304, NC260 1.5.2 build 200304, and NC450 1.5.3 build 200304.

Exploit prediction

13.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157532/TP-LINK-Cloud-Cameras-NCXXX-Hardcoded-Encryption-Key.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
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 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

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