CVE-2019-17510: dlink dir-846_firmware OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-17510 is a high (CVSS 10.0) OS Command Injection vulnerability in dlink dir-846_firmware. EPSS estimates a 3.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-10-2019
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

D-Link DIR-846 devices with firmware 100A35 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging admin access and sending a /HNAP1/ request for SetWizardConfig with shell metacharacters to /squashfs-root/www/HNAP1/control/SetWizardConfig.php.

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.