CVE-2017-16959

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductTp-link Tl-wvr300 Firmware
PublishedNov 27, 2017
First seenNov 27, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tp-link tl-wvr300_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr302_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr450_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr450l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr450g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr458_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr458l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr458p_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr900g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr900l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr1200l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr1300l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr1300g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr1750l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war2600l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-wvr4300l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war302_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war450_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war450l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war458_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war458l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war900l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war1200l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war1300l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-war1750l_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er3210g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er3220g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er5110g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er5120g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er5510g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er5520g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er6110g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er6120g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er6220g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er6510g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er6520g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-er7520g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r473_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r473g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r473p-ac_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r479gp-ac_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r478_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r478\+_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r478g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r478g\+_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r479p-ac_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r479gpe-ac_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r483_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r483g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r488_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r4149g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r4239g_firmwareNo range specified—
tp-link tl-r4299g_firmwareNo range specified—

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