CVE-2017-16957 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability affecting various TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R router models. Authenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by injecting shell metacharacters into the 'iface' field of diagnostic commands, leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability allows for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr300_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr302_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wvr450g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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