What is CVE-2017-16959?

CVE-2017-16959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Er3210g, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-16959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in TP-Link Tl-Er3210g

CVE-2017-16959

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16959?: CVE-2017-16959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Er3210g, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-16959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.