CVE-2016-20017
D-Link DSL-2750B Devices Command Injection Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 29 January 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 65.78% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 January 2024 · due 29 January 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- dlink/dsl-2750b firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 62.5% on 12 October 2026 to 65.8% on 26 October 2026, peaking at 66.6% on 16 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20017
References
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-20017US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.