CVE-2025-15217: tenda ac23_firmware
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-15217 is a high (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in tenda ac23_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 30-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 24-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in Tenda AC23 16.03.07.52. Affected is the function formSetPPTPUserList of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument list results in buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 2 sources · 4 versions- NVDNIST7.4HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XDiffers
- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.0HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS trend
Probability
0.74%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
54%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.72% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
- CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.
Affected systems
Tenda1 product
- ac23_firmware16.03.07.52
1 vendor · 1 product
References
6 links- lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/Tenda-AC23-formSetPPTPUserList-2d753a41781f8091b772cf9e66a687f1RelatedExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.tenda.com.cnProduct
- lavender-bicycle-a5a.notion.site/Tenda-AC23-formSetPPTPUserList-2d753a41781f8091b772cf9e66a687f1ExploitThird Party Advisory