CVE-2018-19537

7.2 highEPSS 6.0%

TP-Link Archer C5 devices through V2_160201_US allow remote command execution via shell metacharacters on the wan_dyn_hostname line of a configuration file that is encrypted with the 478DA50BF9E3D2CF key and uploaded through the web GUI by using the web admin account. The default password of admin may be used in some cases.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.2 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 6.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-434
Published: 2018-11-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tp-link:archer_c5_firmware

References

https://github.com/JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCE
https://github.com/JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCE

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