{"id":"CVE-2017-9542","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9542","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T01:41:59.740Z","title":"D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router allows authentication bypass via a modified POST request to login.cgi.","description":"D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router allows authentication bypass via a modified POST request to login.cgi. This issue occurs because it fails to validate the password field. Successful exploitation of this issue allows an attacker to take control of the affected device.","published":"2017-06-11T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:28:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["d-link/dir-615 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.05073,"percentile":0.92288,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02662,"percentile":0.84978},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.05073,"percentile":0.91944}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98992","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/873458088321220609","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/tigerBOY777/videos/1368513696568992/","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98992","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/873458088321220609","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/tigerBOY777/videos/1368513696568992/","tags":["Permissions Required"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9542","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."}