CVE-2019-12195: TP-Link TL-WR840N v5 00000005 devices allow XSS via the network name. The attacker must log into the router by breaking the password and going to the admin…

PriorityP426medium4.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRHUIRSCCLILAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

1.79%

75.6th percentile

TP-Link TL-WR840N v5 00000005 devices allow XSS via the network name. The attacker must log into the router by breaking the password and going to the admin login page by THC-HYDRA to get the network name. With an XSS payload, the network name changed automatically and the internet connection was disconnected. All the users become disconnected from the internet.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
tp-link	tl-wr840n_firmware	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.04.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.03.5LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

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