THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-5708
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-5708

Dir 601 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
8.0
EPSS
6.3%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 B1 2.02NA devices. Being on the same local network as, but being unauthenticated to, the administrator's panel, a user can obtain the admin username and cleartext password in the response (specifically, the configuration file restore_default), which is displayed in XML.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dir 601 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Published
2018-03-30

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 6.3% 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-2018-5708

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dir 601 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-5708.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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