What is CVE-2017-8078?

CVE-2017-8078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tp-Link Tl-Sg108e, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-8078?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-8078 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Tp-Link Tl-Sg108e

CVE-2017-8078

On the TP-Link TL-SG108E 1.0, the upgrade process can be requested remotely without authentication (httpupg.cgi with a parameter called cmd). This affects the 1.1.2 Build 20141017 Rel.50749 firmware.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tp-link Tl-sg108e
Tp-link Tl-sg108e_firmware — versions 1.1.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

geeklynad/TP-Link-ESCU

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8078?: CVE-2017-8078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tp-Link Tl-Sg108e, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-8078?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8078 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.