{"id":"CVE-2017-17757","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17757","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:47:20.590Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-12-19T07:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.02741,"percentile":0.8609,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/L1ZhaoXin/Router-Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/Tplink_LUCI_Wechat_Authenticated_RCE_Record.txt","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/L1ZhaoXin/Router-Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/Tplink_LUCI_Wechat_Authenticated_RCE_Record.txt","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17757","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}