# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-109506"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-14T18:31:37.228Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-15T19:33:44.764Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:50.502Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-109506"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-109506.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109506"
title: "Improper Authentication in Multiple TP-Link WiFi Repeaters"
summary: "Multiple\nTP-Link Wi-Fi range extenders use a custom, reversible XOR-and-dictionary\ntransformation in the HTTP web-management login flow. An unauthenticated attacker\non the same local network who can capture the network traffic associated with\nlegitimate administrator login may be able to derive an alternative credential\nvalue that produces the same accepted authentication result and use it to\nauthenticate to the device’s web-management interface with administrator\nprivileges. Exploitation requires the management login to use HTTP and the\nattacker to observe the session key, dictionary, and login value associated\nwith a legitimate administrator login.\n\n\n\n\n\nSuccessful\nexploitation may allow an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to gain\nadministrator access to the affected device and modify exposed configuration\nsettings."
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