CVE-2023-33538: TP-Link Multiple Routers Command Injection Vulnerability

How to check if you are exposed to CVE-2023-33538

1. Find every TP-Link Multiple Routers system you or your clients run, including ones exposed to the internet. Those come first: CISA only lists flaws attackers are already using.
2. Compare each version with the fixed versions in the vendor advisory below. Where no fix exists yet, apply the vendor’s mitigation or take the system off the internet.
3. Run a credentialed vulnerability scan to catch the systems you missed, then check that the next scan no longer reports CVE-2023-33538.

US federal agencies had to fix this by 2025-07-07. Everyone else should treat that deadline as a guide: if it has passed, this is overdue.

Timeline

1. 2025-06-16 · Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
2. 2025-07-07 · Fix-by date for US federal agencies, passed 482 days ago

Vendor advisories and fixes

• https://www.tp-link.com/nordic/support/faq/3562/

Weakness type

• CWE-77

More exploited TP-Link vulnerabilities

CISA lists 6 exploited TP-Link vulnerabilities. The closest matches:

• CVE-2025-9377TP-Link Archer C7(EU) and TL-WR841N/ND(MS) OS Command Injection VulnerabilityAdded 2025-09-03
• CVE-2023-50224TP-Link TL-WR841N Authentication Bypass by Spoofing VulnerabilityAdded 2025-09-03
• CVE-2020-24363TP-link TL-WA855RE Missing Authentication for Critical Function VulnerabilityAdded 2025-09-02
• CVE-2023-1389TP-Link Archer AX-21 Command Injection VulnerabilityAdded 2023-05-01
• CVE-2015-3035TP-Link Multiple Archer Devices Directory Traversal VulnerabilityAdded 2022-03-25

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Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (version 2026.10.30); EPSS data from FIRST.org; CVSS and descriptions from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Checked 2026-11-01. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.