VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-10641
D-Link DIR-601 A1 1.02NA devices do not require the old password for a password change, which occurs in cleartext.
HIGH 8.1EPSS 1.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
D-Link DIR-601 A1 1.02NA devices do not require the old password for a password change, which occurs in cleartext.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.73% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- dlink/dir-601 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 27 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://advancedpersistentsecurity.net/cve-2018-10641/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/jocephus/806ff4679cf54af130d69777a551f819Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/vulnerability-disclosure-insecure-authentication-practices-in-d-link-router-cve-2018-10641-joe-grayExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://advancedpersistentsecurity.net/cve-2018-10641/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/jocephus/806ff4679cf54af130d69777a551f819Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/vulnerability-disclosure-insecure-authentication-practices-in-d-link-router-cve-2018-10641-joe-grayExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.