CVE-2018-5708
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 B1 2.02NA devices.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 6.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 B1 2.02NA devices. Being on the same local network as, but being unauthenticated to, the administrator's panel, a user can obtain the admin username and cleartext password in the response (specifically, the configuration file restore_default), which is displayed in XML.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.99% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 2 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Affected
- dlink/dir-601 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 3.9% on 21 September 2026 to 6.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
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://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/66Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10111
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44388/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/66Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10111
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44388/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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