CVE-2026-6241 PUBLISHED

Authenticated Format String Vulnerability in ONVIF AddScopes Method on TP-Link Tapo C520WS

Assigner: TPLink
Reserved: 13.04.2026 Published: 05.06.2026 Updated: 05.06.2026

An authenticated format string vulnerability is present in the ONVIF AddScopes in Tapo C520WS v2, where user-controlled input is improperly passed to formatting functions without adequate sanitization. An attacker can inject format specifiers into ONVIF scope parameters to manipulate memory handling behavior.

Successful exploitation may cause the ONVIF management service to crash, resulting in DoS condition that impacts normal device operation.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 6.8

Product Status

Vendor TP-Link Systems Inc.
Product Tapo C520WS v2
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.2.6 Build 260528 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled format string CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-135 Format String Injection