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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17757

TP-Link TL-WVR and TL-WAR devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the interface field of an admin/wportal command to cgi-bin/luci, related to the get_device_byif function in…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.74%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

TP-Link TL-WVR and TL-WAR devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the interface field of an admin/wportal command to cgi-bin/luci, related to the get_device_byif function in /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/wportal.lua in uhttpd.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.74% probability · 86th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Affected
tp-link/tl-wvr450l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr458l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr900l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1200l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1300l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr1750l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr2600l firmware · tp-link/tl-wvr4300l firmware · tp-link/tl-war450l firmware · tp-link/tl-war458l firmware · tp-link/tl-war900l firmware · tp-link/tl-war1200l firmware · tp-link/tl-war1300l firmware · tp-link/tl-war1750l firmware · tp-link/tl-war2600l firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.74%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.