TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 up to 1.3.1 heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 up to 1.3.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-59487. The attacker needs to be present on the local network. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 up to 1.3.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in TP-Link Archer AX53 v1.0 (tmpserver modules) allows authenticated adjacent attackers to cause a segmentation fault or potentially execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability arises from improper validation of a packet field whose offset is used to determine the write location in memory. By crafting a packet with a manipulated field offset, an attacker can redirect writes to arbitrary memory locations.This issue affects Archer AX53 v1.0: through 1.3.1 Build 20241120.

The weakness was presented by Lilith >_>. The advisory is available at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-59487 since 10/20/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/16/2026).

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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• TP-Link

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• Archer AX53 v1.0

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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