{"id":"CVE-2019-6971","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-6971","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:50:06.658Z","title":"An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.","description":"An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.","published":"2019-06-19T15:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:39:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["tp-link/tl-wr1043nd firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.13711,"percentile":0.96505,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10246,"percentile":0.95532},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.13711,"percentile":0.96325}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2019-10-10","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":47483,"kind":"exploit","title":"TP-Link TL-WR1043ND 2 - Authentication Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47483","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/webapps/47483.py","file":"exploits/hardware/webapps/47483.py","published":"2019-10-10","added":"2019-10-10","updated":"2019-10-10","author":"Uriel Kosayev","type":"webapps","platform":"hardware","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2019-6971"],"tags":"Authentication Bypass / Credentials Bypass (AB/CB)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/MalFuzzer/Vulnerability-Research/blob/master/TL-WR1043ND%20V2%20-%20TP-LINK/TL-WR1043ND_PoC.pdf","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/MalFuzzer/status/1141269335685652480?s=19","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6971","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."}