CVE-2025-1099: Information Disclosure Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C500 Wi-Fi Camera
Description
The TP-Link Tapo C500 V1 and V2 are a pan-and-tilt outdoor Wi-Fi security cameras designed for comprehensive surveillance.
This vulnerability exists in Tapo C500 Wi-Fi camera due to hard-coded RSA private key embedded within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability to obtain cryptographic private keys which can then be used to perform impersonation, data decryption and man in the middle attacks on the targeted device.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-1099
CVSS Base Severity: HIGH
CVSS Base Score: 7.0
CVSS Vector: 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
Affected Products
Vendor: TP-Link
Product: Tapo C500 V1 Wi-Fi Camera
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 11.88% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-03-11 (when was this score calculated)