HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-5946

Dsr 500 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
6.5%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The runShellCmd function in systemCheck.htm in D-Link DSR-150 with firmware before 1.08B44; DSR-150N with firmware before 1.05B64; DSR-250 and DSR-250N with firmware before 1.08B44; and DSR-500, DSR-500N, DSR-1000, and DSR-1000N with firmware before 1.08B77 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) "Ping or Trace an IP Address" or (2) "Perform a DNS Lookup" section.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dsr 500 Firmware
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2013-12-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-5946

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dsr 500 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-5946.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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