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CVE-2025-4975: Tapo privilege escalation on shared devices using notifications

4.8 CVSS

Description

When a notification relating to low battery appears for a user with whom the device has been shared, tapping the notification grants full access to the power settings of that device.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-4975

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Problem Types

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Vendor: TP-Link Systems Inc.

Product: TP-Link Tapo app

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.75% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4975
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4464/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tplink.iot&hl=en_US

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