CVE-2020-9374 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting TP-Link TL-WR849N 0.9.1 4.16 devices. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into the diagnostic traceroute feature. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.1_4.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:tl-wr849n_firmware:0.9.1_4.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.