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CVE-2024-45697

Unauthorized remote attackers can log in and execute OS commands using hard-coded credentials.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.03%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers have a hidden functionality where the telnet service is enabled when the WAN port is plugged in. Unauthorized remote attackers can log in and execute OS commands using hard-coded credentials.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-912
Affected: dlink/dir-x4860 firmware
Source: twcert@cert.org.tw

References

https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-8089-32df6-2.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-8088-590ed-1.htmlThird Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.