{"id":"CVE-2012-5319","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5319","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:56:41.928Z","title":"Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in setup/security.cgi in D-Link DCS-900, DCS-2000, and DCS-5300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via the rootpass…","description":"Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in setup/security.cgi in D-Link DCS-900, DCS-2000, and DCS-5300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via the rootpass parameter.","published":"2012-10-08T18:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:46:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-352"],"affected":["dlink/dcs-2000","dlink/dcs-5300","dlink/dcs-900"],"epss":{"score":0.01074,"percentile":0.64717,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-02-22","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":36877,"kind":"exploit","title":"D-Link DCS - 'security.cgi' Cross-Site Request Forgery","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36877","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/remote/36877.html","file":"exploits/hardware/remote/36877.html","published":"2012-02-23","added":"2012-02-23","updated":"2015-05-01","author":"Rigan Iimrigan","type":"remote","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-5319","OSVDB-79770"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52134/info"},{"edbId":18509,"kind":"exploit","title":"D-Link DCS Series - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Change Admin Password)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18509","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/hardware/webapps/18509.html","file":"exploits/hardware/webapps/18509.html","published":"2012-02-22","added":"2012-02-22","updated":"2012-02-22","author":"rigan","type":"webapps","platform":"hardware","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["OSVDB-79770","CVE-2012-5319"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18509","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73387","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18509","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73387","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5319","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}