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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2021-27209 json

In the management interface on TP-Link Archer C5v 1.7_181221 devices, credentials are sent in a base64 format over cleartext HTTP.

published 2021-02-13 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-13974

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the management interface on TP-Link Archer C5v 1.7_181221 devices, credentials are sent in a base64 format over cleartext HTTP.

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gokay.org https://gokay.org/tp-link-archer-c5v-base64-cookie/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.