IDOR Leading to Owner Account Hijacking in Omada Controller
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
An IDOR vulnerability exists in Omada Controllers that allows an attacker with Administrator permissions to manipulate requests and potentially hijack the Owner account.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Omada Controller (TP-Link Systems Inc.) Fixed in 6.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
TP-Link Systems Omada Controller — support.omadanetworks.com/us/document/115200
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-08727 Server-side request forgery in TP-Link Omada ControllerPriority LOW 29
- TI-2025-08726 Password Confirmation Bypass in Omada ControllerPriority LOW 11
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9520
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7gm-8832-99rj
References
More TP-Link Omada Controller vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-08727 Server-side request forgery in TP-Link Omada Controller CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
- TI-2025-08515 Authentication Weakness on Omada Controllers, Gateways and Access Points CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
- TI-2020-09976 TP-Link Omada Controller Software 3.2.6 allows Directory Traversal for reading arbitrary… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2025-08514 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) on Omada Controllers CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.7
- TI-2025-08726 Password Confirmation Bypass in Omada Controller CVSS 4.0LOW 2.1
Sources
- CVE-2025-9520 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-9520 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7gm-8832-99rj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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