SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-45698

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers do not properly validate user input in the telnet service, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to use hard-coded credentials to log into telnet and inject arbitrary OS commands, which can then be executed…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.14%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.14%). 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 do not properly validate user input in the telnet service, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to use hard-coded credentials to log into telnet and inject arbitrary OS commands, which can then be executed on the device.

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
1.14% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78, CWE-798
Affected
dlink/dir-x4860 firmware
Source
twcert@cert.org.tw

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