CVE-2017-16959
The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allows...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-16959- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-16959- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8128 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-8128- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f5x4-48f8-6w8q
The locale feature in cgi-bin/luci on TP-Link TL-WVR, TL-WAR, TL-ER, and TL-R devices allows...
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.
- Record
GHSA-f5x4-48f8-6w8q- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- tp-link tl-er3210g firmware
- tp-link tl-er3220g firmware
- tp-link tl-er5110g firmware
- tp-link tl-er5120g firmware
- tp-link tl-er5510g firmware
- tp-link tl-er5520g firmware
- tp-link tl-er6110g firmware
- tp-link tl-er6120g firmware
- tp-link tl-er6220g firmware
- tp-link tl-er6510g firmware
- tp-link tl-er6520g firmware
- tp-link tl-er7520g firmware
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- tp-link tl-r4149g firmware
- tp-link tl-r4239g firmware
- tp-link tl-r4299g firmware
- tp-link tl-r473 firmware
- tp-link tl-r473g firmware
- tp-link tl-r473p-ac firmware
- tp-link tl-r478\+ firmware
- tp-link tl-r478 firmware
- tp-link tl-r478g\+ firmware
- tp-link tl-r478g firmware
- tp-link tl-r479gp-ac firmware
- tp-link tl-r479gpe-ac firmware
- tp-link tl-r479p-ac firmware
- tp-link tl-r483 firmware
- tp-link tl-r483g firmware
- tp-link tl-r488 firmware
- tp-link tl-war1200l firmware
- tp-link tl-war1300l firmware
- tp-link tl-war1750l firmware
- tp-link tl-war2600l firmware
- tp-link tl-war302 firmware
- tp-link tl-war450 firmware
- tp-link tl-war450l firmware
- tp-link tl-war458 firmware
- tp-link tl-war458l firmware
- tp-link tl-war900l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr1200l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr1300g firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr1300l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr1750l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr300 firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr302 firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr4300l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr450 firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr450g firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr450l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr458 firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr458l firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr458p firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr900g firmware
- tp-link tl-wvr900l firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16959 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tp-link Tl-er3210g Firmware, published November 27, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.91%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.