CVE-2012-6297
Command Injection vulnerability exists via a CSRF in DD-WRT 24-sp2 from specially crafted configuration values containing shell meta-characters, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Command Injection vulnerability exists via a CSRF in DD-WRT 24-sp2 from specially crafted configuration values containing shell meta-characters, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- dd-wrt/dd-wrt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://lists.openwall.net/bugtraq/2013/07/12/2Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2012-6297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Oct/241Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.9527Permissions Required
- https://lists.openwall.net/bugtraq/2013/07/12/2Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2012-6297Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Oct/241Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.9527Permissions Required
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.