Vulnerability · Published Feb 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-9374
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 42.7% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)42.7%top 1.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
On TP-Link TL-WR849N 0.9.1 4.16 devices, a remote command execution vulnerability in the diagnostics area can be exploited when an attacker sends specific shell metacharacters to the panel's traceroute feature.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://fireshellsecurity.team/hack-n-routers/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/ElberTavares/routers-exploit/tree/master/tp-link x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156584/TP-Link-TL-WR849N-Remote-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISC