PT-2017-14659 · Tp Link+1 · Tp-Link Tl-R+3

Tianfeng Guan · Published 2017-11-27 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters in the iface field of an admin/diagnostic command to the "cgi-bin/luci" endpoint. This is related to the zone get effect devices function in the /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/diagnostic.lua file in uhttpd.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16957

Affected Products

Tp-Link Tl-Er

Tp-Link Tl-R

Tp-Link Tl-War

Uhttpd

References · 3

• 🔥 https://github.com/coincoin7/Wireless-Router-Vulnerability/blob/master/TplinkDiagnosticAuthenticatedRCE.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16957 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101968 · Note