CVE-2018-19537

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.060 · 93 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

5.98% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–9

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v3.07.2highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-434USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCECVE-2018-19537PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
tp-link archer c5 firmware≤ 2_160201_usnvdUScpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-11-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://github.com/JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCE cnnvd
https://github.com/JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCE enisa_euvd
https://github.com/JackDoan/TP-Link-ArcherC5-RCEExploitThird Party Advisorynvd

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