CVE-2025-14300 Unauthenticated Access to connectAP API Endpoint on Tapo C100, C200 & C425

What is CVE-2025-14300?

CVE-2025-14300 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TP Link Systems Inc. Tapo C100 v5, published on 20 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HTTPS service on Tapo C200 v3, v5, C425 v1.2 and C100 v5  exposes a connectAP interface without proper authentication. An unauthenticated attacker on the same local network segment can exploit this to modify the device’s Wi-Fi configuration, resulting in loss of connectivity and denial-of-service (DoS).

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14300?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tp-Link Tapo C200 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2025-14300?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14300 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2025-14300 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in TP Link Systems Inc. Tapo C100 v5

• CVE-2021-4045 TP-LINK Tapo C200 remote code execution vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-8065 Remote Code Execution via Stack-based Buffer Overflow in ONVIF SOAP Parser in TP-Link Tapo C200 and C520WS High 8.7
• CVE-2026-15316 Denial-of-Service via Oversized Encrypted Credential Input in TP-Link Tapo C200 High 7.1
• CVE-2026-12760 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability via Malformed IPv4 Fragmentation Handling in TP-Link Tapo C200 High 7.1
• CVE-2026-1871 Authenticated Stack-based Buffer Overflow in RTSP Authentication of Tapo C200 High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-38mv-4mrh-vpwc.