What is CVE-2019-6487?

CVE-2019-6487 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Wdr3500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-6487?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-6487 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in TP-Link Tl-Wdr3500

CVE-2019-6487

TP-Link WDR Series devices through firmware v3 (such as TL-WDR5620 V3.0) are affected by command injection (after login) leading to remote code execution, because shell metacharacters can be included in the weather get_weather_observe citycode field.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2019-01-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.085 · newest: 0.085 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/0xcc-Since2016/TP-Link-WDR-Router-Command-injection_POC/blob/master/… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6487?: CVE-2019-6487 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tl-Wdr3500, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-6487?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-6487 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.