CVE-2017-16957

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16957
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-27 10:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionTP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the iface field of an admin/diagnostic command to cgi-bin/luci, related to the zone_get_effect_devices function in /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/diagnostic.lua in uhttpd.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war1200l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war1200l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war1300g - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war1300l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war1300l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war1750l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war1750l Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war2600l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war302 - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war302 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war450 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war450l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war450l Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war450 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war458 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war458l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war458l Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war458 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-war900l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-war900l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr1200l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr1200l Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr1300g Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr1300l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr1300l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr1750l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr1750l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr2600l - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr300 - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr300 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr302 - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr302 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr4300l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr4300l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr450 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr450g - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr450g Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr450l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr450l Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr450 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr458 - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr458l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr458l Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr458p - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr458p Firmware - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr458 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr900g - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr900g Firmware - All All All
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wvr900l - All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wvr900l Firmware - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Wireless-Router-Vulnerability/TplinkDiagnosticAuthenticatedRCE.txt at master · coincoin7/Wireless-Router-Vulnerability · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Multiple TP-Link Routers CVE-2017-16957 Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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