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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-28760

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-10-02
  • WeaknessCWE-121

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Description

TP-Link AX1800 WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX21) devices allow unauthenticated attackers (on the LAN) to execute arbitrary code as root via the db_dir field to minidlnad. The attacker obtains the ability to modify files.db, and that can be used to reach a stack-based buffer overflow in minidlna-1.1.2/upnpsoap.c. Exploitation requires that a USB flash drive is connected to the router (customers often do this to make a \\192.168.0.1 share available on their local network).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-10-0214:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2023-28760 yet.

Full record on NVD

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2025-10-02
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28760?

TP-Link AX1800 WiFi 6 Router (Archer AX21) devices allow unauthenticated attackers (on the LAN) to execute arbitrary code as root via the db_dir field to minidlnad. The attacker obtains the ability to modify files.db, and that can be used to reach a stack-based buffer overflow in minidlna-1.1.2/upnpsoap.c. Exploitation requires that a USB flash drive is connected to the router (customers often do this to make a \\192.168.0.1 share available on their local network).

Is CVE-2023-28760 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-28760, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-28760?

CVE-2023-28760 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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