CVE-2016-20017 (GCVE-0-2016-20017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-10-19 00:00
Modified
2025-07-30 01:37
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the wild in 2016 through 2022.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-01-08

Due date: 2024-01-29

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20017

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