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Public proof of concept

CVE-2019-6487

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2019-01-18
  • WeaknessCWE-78

Am I affected?

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Description

TP-Link WDR Series devices through firmware v3 (such as TL-WDR5620 V3.0) are affected by command injection (after login) leading to remote code execution, because shell metacharacters can be included in the weather get_weather_observe citycode field.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2019-01-1810:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Tp-link tl-wdr3500 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0≤ 3.0no fix published
Tp-link tl-wdr3600 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0≤ 3.0no fix published
Tp-link tl-wdr4300 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0≤ 3.0no fix published

2 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedafang5472/TP-Link-WDR-Router-Command-injection_POC
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-01-18
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-5m66-hppq-vhmq

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6487?

TP-Link WDR Series devices through firmware v3 (such as TL-WDR5620 V3.0) are affected by command injection (after login) leading to remote code execution, because shell metacharacters can be included in the weather get_weather_observe citycode field.

Is CVE-2019-6487 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2019-6487 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 8.5% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2019-6487?

CVE-2019-6487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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