CVE-2024-6045
Certain models of D-Link wireless routers contain an undisclosed factory testing backdoor.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.31%). 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 contain an undisclosed factory testing backdoor. Unauthenticated attackers on the local area network can force the device to enable Telnet service by accessing a specific URL and can log in by using the administrator credentials obtained from analyzing the firmware.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.31% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798, CWE-912
- Source
- twcert@cert.org.tw
EPSS 6.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10398
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-7880-629f5-2.html
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7879-da630-1.html
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10398
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-7880-629f5-2.html
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7879-da630-1.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.