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CVE-2018-17440 (GCVE-0-2018-17440)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-08 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
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Summary
An issue was discovered on D-Link Central WiFi Manager before v 1.03r0100-Beta1. They expose an FTP server that serves by default on port 9000 and has hardcoded credentials (admin, admin). Taking advantage of this, a remote unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading any file in the web root directory and then accessing it via a request.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-10-04 00:00
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