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CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-9542

Dir 615 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router allows authentication bypass via a modified POST request to login.cgi. This issue occurs because it fails to validate the password field. Successful exploitation of this issue allows an attacker to take control of the affected device.
Affected vendor
D Link
Affected product
Dir 615 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2017-06-11

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-9542

  • Confirm whether D Link Dir 615 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-9542.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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