CVE-2017-16959 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-16959

The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER,...

Vulnerability Description

The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allows remote authenticated users to test for the existence of arbitrary files by making an operation=write;locale=%0d request, and then making an operation=read request with a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header, related to the set_sysinfo and get_sysinfo functions in /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/locale.lua in uhttpd.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

tl-wvr300 firmware, tl-wvr302 firmware, tl-wvr450 firmware, tl-wvr450l firmware, tl-wvr450g firmware, tl-wvr458 firmware, tl-wvr458l firmware, tl-wvr458p firmware, tl-wvr900g firmware, tl-wvr900l firmware, tl-wvr1200l firmware, tl-wvr1300l firmware, tl-wvr1300g firmware, tl-wvr1750l firmware, tl-war2600l firmware, tl-wvr4300l firmware, tl-war302 firmware, tl-war450 firmware, tl-war450l firmware, tl-war458 firmware, tl-war458l firmware, tl-war900l firmware, tl-war1200l firmware, tl-war1300l firmware, tl-war1750l firmware, tl-er3210g firmware, tl-er3220g firmware, tl-er5110g firmware, tl-er5120g firmware, tl-er5510g firmware, tl-er5520g firmware, tl-er6110g firmware, tl-er6120g firmware, tl-er6220g firmware, tl-er6510g firmware, tl-er6520g firmware, tl-er7520g firmware, tl-r473 firmware, tl-r473g firmware, tl-r473p-ac firmware, tl-r479gp-ac firmware, tl-r478 firmware, tl-r478\+ firmware, tl-r478g firmware, tl-r478g\+ firmware, tl-r479p-ac firmware, tl-r479gpe-ac firmware, tl-r483 firmware, tl-r483g firmware, tl-r488 firmware, tl-r4149g firmware, tl-r4239g firmware, tl-r4299g firmware
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: November 27th, 2017
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.