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CVE-2023-23040

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-327

Description

TP-Link router TL-WR940N V6 3.19.1 Build 180119 uses a deprecated MD5 algorithm to hash the admin password used for basic authentication.

Affected products

• TP-Link TL-WR940N: 6_3.19.1-180119

References

• https://midist0xf.medium.com/tl-wr940n-uses-weak-md5-hashing-algorithm-ae7b589860d2
• https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr940n/#Firmware
• https://midist0xf.medium.com/tl-wr940n-uses-weak-md5-hashing-algorithm-ae7b589860d2
• https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr940n/#Firmware

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