CVE-2018-11714

critical

Description

An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR840N v5 00000005 0.9.1 3.16 v0001.0 Build 170608 Rel.58696n and TL-WR841N v13 00000013 0.9.1 4.16 v0001.0 Build 170622 Rel.64334n devices. This issue is caused by improper session handling on the /cgi/ folder or a /cgi file. If an attacker sends a header of "Referer: http://192.168.0.1/mainFrame.htm" then no authentication is required for any action.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-research-advisory-popular-tp-link-router-is-vulnerable-to-remote-exploitation

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44781/

http://blog.securelayer7.net/time-to-disable-tp-link-home-wifi-router/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-04

Updated: 2018-07-31

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical