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CVE-2020-9374

critical

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.

References

https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/a0/afa04ee3-414f-4481-8d23-7e7c146f192e/content/files/2026/03/2025YiR-report.pdf

https://github.com/ElberTavares/routers-exploit/tree/master/tp-link

https://fireshellsecurity.team/hack-n-routers/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156584/TP-Link-TL-WR849N-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-02-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.42047