TP-Link AC1350/N300 Radio Scheduling httpd_portal Profile stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in TP-Link AC1350 and N300. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file httpd_portal of the component Radio Scheduling. Such manipulation of the argument Profile leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-49908. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link AC1350 and N300 (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file httpd_portal of the component Radio Scheduling. The manipulation of the argument profile with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the web interface Radio Scheduling functionality of Tp-Link AC1350 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Access Point (EAP225 V3) v5.1.0 Build 20220926. A specially crafted series of HTTP requests can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can make an authenticated HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.This vulnerability refers specifically to the overflow that occurs via the `profile` parameter at offset `0x0045abc8` of the `httpd_portal` binary shipped with v5.1.0 Build 20220926 of the EAP225.

The advisory is shared for download at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-49908 since 12/01/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/21/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Router Operating System

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• TP-Link

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• AC1350
• N300

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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