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CVE-2017-8217

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-8217 describes a vulnerability in TP-Link C2 and C20i devices running firmware 0.9.1 4.2 v0032.0 Build 160706 Rel.37961n and earlier, where overly permissive iptables rules allow services like SNMP to be exposed on all interfaces. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure (CWE-862). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.1_4.2_v0032.0_build_160706CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:c2_firmware:*:rel.37961n:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.9.1_4.2_v0032.0_build_160706CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:c20i_firmware:*:rel.37961n:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

pierrekim.github.io / blog/2017-02-09-tplink-c2-and-c20i-vulnerable.html
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