Description
A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability in the httpd component of TP-Link's TD-W8961N v4.0 due to improper input sanitization, allows crafted requests to trigger a processing error that causes the httpd service to crash. Successful exploitation may allow the attacker to cause service interruption, resulting in a DoS condition.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:X
- Attack Vector
- adjacent
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Confidentiality
- undefined
- Integrity
- undefined
- Availability
- undefined
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- TP-LINK
- Published
- 3/23/2026
- Last Modified
- 3/31/2026
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
tp-link : td-w8961nd_firmware
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