CVE-2025-10991 (GCVE-0-2025-10991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-30 00:08 – Updated: 2025-09-30 13:40
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Summary
The attacker may obtain root access by connecting to the UART port and this vulnerability requires the attacker to have the physical access to the device. This issue affects Tapo D230S1 V1.20: before 1.2.2 Build 20250907.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TP-Link Systems Inc. Tapo D230S1 V1.20 Affected: 0 , < 1.2.2 Build 20250907 (custom)
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Credits
Simon Söderberg, Andreas Lindström, and Johan Klingström of JAS Project
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