CVE-2013-2578

critical

Published 2013-10-11 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

cgi-bin/admin/servetest in TP-Link IP Cameras TL-SC3130, TL-SC3130G, TL-SC3171, TL-SC3171G, and possibly other models before beta firmware LM.1.6.18P12_sign6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the ServerName parameter and (2) other unspecified parameters.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-27289 webapps hardware verified

Core Security · 2013-08-02

TP-Link TL-SC3171 IP Cameras - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_linux/http/tp_link_sc2020n_authenticated_telnet_injection rank 600

TP-Link SC2020n Authenticated Telnet Injection

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.