MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2025-7836

Dir 816l Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
6.3
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DIR-816L up to 2.06B01 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function lxmldbc_system of the file /htdocs/cgibin of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation leads to command injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected vendor
Dlink
Affected product
Dir 816l Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2025-07-19

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2025-7836

  • Confirm whether Dlink Dir 816l Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2025-7836.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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