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CVE-2017-16959

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
27/11/2017
Last modified:
20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr300:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr302_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr302:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr450:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr450l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr450g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr458_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr458:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr458l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:tl-wvr458l:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr458p_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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