4.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-18489
TP-LINK WR840N Ping Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The ping feature in the Diagnostic functionality on TP-LINK WR840N v2 Firmware 3.16.9 Build 150701 Rel.51516n devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (HTTP service termination) by modifying the packet size to be higher than the UI limit of 1472.

INFO

Published Date :

April 16, 2019, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-18489 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tp-link wr840n_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://youtu.be/VGNEYWR9MgY Exploit Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-18489 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://youtu.be/VGNEYWR9MgY No Types Assigned https://youtu.be/VGNEYWR9MgY Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:wr840n_firmware:3.16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:wr840n:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.00%

score

0.49040

percentile

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