Path traversal in TL-R600VPN - CVE-2018-3949

 

Path traversal in TL-R600VPN - CVE-2018-3949

Published: November 20, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15964
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3949
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TP-Link
Affected software:
TL-R600VPN

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error in the URI-parsing functionality of the TP-Link TL-R600VPN HTTP server when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted URL, conduct directory traversal attack and access important data.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3949

Update to version 4.0.

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