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CVE-2020-9374

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

On TP-Link TL-WR849N 0.9.1 4.16 devices, a remote command execution vulnerability in the diagnostics area can be exploited when an attacker sends specific shell metacharacters to the panel's traceroute feature.

Affected products

• TP-Link Tl-Wr849N Firmware: 0.9.1_4.16

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156584/TP-Link-TL-WR849N-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://fireshellsecurity.team/hack-n-routers/
• https://github.com/ElberTavares/routers-exploit/tree/master/tp-link
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156584/TP-Link-TL-WR849N-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://fireshellsecurity.team/hack-n-routers/
• https://github.com/ElberTavares/routers-exploit/tree/master/tp-link

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