What is CVE-2013-10050?

CVE-2013-10050 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-300 Rev A, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2013-10050?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-10050 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in D-Link Dir-300 Rev A

CVE-2013-10050

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in multiple D-Link routers (confirmed on DIR-300 rev A v1.05 and DIR-615 rev D v4.13) via the authenticated tools_vct.xgi CGI endpoint. The web interface fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input in the pingIp parameter, allowing attackers with valid credentials to inject arbitrary shell commands. Exploitation enables full device compromise, including spawning a telnet daemon and establishing a root shell. The vulnerability is present in firmware versions that expose tools_vct.xgi and use the Mathopd/1.5p6 web server. No vendor patch is available, and affected models are end-of-life.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2025-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.136 (96.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.136 · newest: 0.136 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/l… (Exploit, exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25024 (Exploit, exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27428 (Exploit, exploit)
web.archive.org/web/20140830203110/http://www.s3cur1ty.de/m1adv2013-014 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/d-link-legacy-unauth-rce-2 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-10050?: CVE-2013-10050 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-300 Rev A, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2013-10050?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-10050 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.