CVE-2019-6971
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an...
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.
- Record
CVE-2019-6971- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.
- Record
CVE-2019-6971- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-16524 No score
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2019-16524- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4ccq-6mpg-3gmq No score
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an...
An issue was discovered on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND V2 devices. An attacker can send a cookie in an HTTP authentication packet to the router management web interface, and fully control the router without knowledge of the credentials.
- Record
GHSA-4ccq-6mpg-3gmq- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | TP-Link TL-WR1043ND 2 - Authentication Bypass | 2019-10-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-6971 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tp-link Tl-wr1043nd Firmware, published June 19, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.