CVE-2017-16959
The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allows remote authenticated users to test for the existence of arbitrary files by making an operation=write;locale=%0d request, and then making an operation=read…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allows remote authenticated users to test for the existence of arbitrary files by making an operation=write;locale=%0d request, and then making an operation=read request with a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header, related to the set_sysinfo and get_sysinfo functions in /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/locale.lua in uhttpd.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.91% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- tp-link/tl-wvr300 firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr302 firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr450 firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr450l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr450g firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr458 firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr458l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr458p firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr900g firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr900l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1200l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1300l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1300g firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1750l firmware · tp-link/tl-war2600l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr4300l firmware · tp-link/tl-war302 firmware · tp-link/tl-war450 firmware · tp-link/tl-war450l firmware · tp-link/tl-war458 firmware · +33 more
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/coincoin7/Wireless-Router-Vulnerability/blob/master/TplinkLocalePathDisclosure.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/coincoin7/Wireless-Router-Vulnerability/blob/master/TplinkLocalePathDisclosure.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.