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CVE-2016-20017
D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the…
Critical9.8Known exploitedEPSS 65.8%
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Description
D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the wild in 2016 through 2022.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as D-Link DSL-2750B Devices Command Injection Vulnerability.
- Added
- 8 Jan 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 29 Jan 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 65.8% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-20017 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
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- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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