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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-11519 json

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable rando…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-3135

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

passwd_recovery.lua on the TP-Link Archer C9(UN)_V2_160517 allows an attacker to reset the admin password by leveraging a predictable random number generator seed. This is fixed in C9(UN)_V2_170511.

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Exploit prediction

3.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • devcraft.io https://devcraft.io/posts/2017/07/21/tp-link-archer-c9-admin-password-reset.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-335 Incorrect Usage of Seeds in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

References

Sources

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