{"id":"CVE-2018-19300","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-19300","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:04:37.355Z","title":"By sending a GET request with specially crafted headers to the /EXCU_SHELL URI, an attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands in the root context on the affected device.","description":"On D-Link DAP-1530 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b01, DAP-1610 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b01, DWR-111 (A1) before firmware version 1.02v02, DWR-116 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b03, DWR-512 (B1) before firmware version 2.02b01, DWR-711 (A1) through firmware version 1.11, DWR-712 (B1) before firmware version 2.04b01, DWR-921 (A1) before firmware version 1.02b01, and DWR-921 (B1) before firmware version 2.03b01, there exists an EXCU_SHELL file in the web directory. By sending a GET request with specially crafted headers to the /EXCU_SHELL URI, an attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands in the root context on the affected device. Other devices might be affected as well.","published":"2019-04-11T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:49:06.000Z","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-20"],"affected":["d-link/dap-1530 firmware","d-link/dap-1610 firmware","dlink/dwr-111 firmware","d-link/dwr-116 firmware","dlink/dwr-116 firmware","dlink/dwr-512 firmware","d-link/dwr-711 firmware","dlink/dwr-712 firmware","dlink/dwr-921 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.74276,"percentile":0.99486,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.4505,"percentile":0.98763},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.74276,"percentile":0.99467}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.74276,"from":0.4505,"percentile":0.99467},"summary":"EPSS moved from 45.1% to 74.3% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."},{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.4505,"from":0.74276,"percentile":0.98763},"summary":"EPSS moved from 74.3% to 45.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"https://community.greenbone.net/t/cve-2018-19300-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers/1772","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://eu.dlink.com/de/de/support/support-news/2019/march/19/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.greenbone.net/en/serious-vulnerability-discovered-in-d-link-routers/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.greenbone.net/schwerwiegende-sicherheitsluecke-in-d-link-routern-entdeckt/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.greenbone.net/t/cve-2018-19300-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers/1772","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://eu.dlink.com/de/de/support/support-news/2019/march/19/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.greenbone.net/en/serious-vulnerability-discovered-in-d-link-routers/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.greenbone.net/schwerwiegende-sicherheitsluecke-in-d-link-routern-entdeckt/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19300","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."}