CVE-2025-4975 Tapo privilege escalation on shared devices using notifications
A shared user can gain full power settings access by tapping a low battery notification, bypassing intended permission restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4975?
CVE-2025-4975 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo app, published on 22 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4975?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4975?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4975 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4975 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4975 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-568g-56p5-cj7r.