CVE-2015-2051
D-Link DIR-645 Router Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 August 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action to the HNAP interface.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 97.10% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 June 2015
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 February 2022 · due 10 August 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- dlink/dir-645 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 97.1% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2051
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72623Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74870Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10282Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37171/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72623Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74870Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37171/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2051US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.