{"id":"CVE-2020-6842","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-6842","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:27.097Z","title":"D-Link DCH-M225 1.05b01 and earlier devices allow remote authenticated admins to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the media renderer name.","description":"D-Link DCH-M225 1.05b01 and earlier devices allow remote authenticated admins to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the media renderer name.","published":"2020-02-21T16:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:23:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["dlink/dch-m225 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.0229,"percentile":0.83103,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"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 (2.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/jezzaaa/9d704400a7e23f988dfb4f73658678b8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10152","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/jezzaaa/9d704400a7e23f988dfb4f73658678b8","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10152","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6842","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."}