What is CVE-2013-10069?

CVE-2013-10069 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-300 Rev B, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2013-10069?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-10069 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in D-Link Dir-300 Rev B

CVE-2013-10069

The web interface of multiple D-Link routers, including DIR-600 rev B (≤2.14b01) and DIR-300 rev B (≤2.13), contains an unauthenticated OS command injection vulnerability in command.php, which improperly handles the cmd POST parameter. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw without authentication to spawn a Telnet service on a specified port, enabling persistent interactive shell access as root.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2025-08-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.167 (97.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.119 · newest: 0.167 · change: +0.049

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/… (Exploit, exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24453 (Exploit, exploit)
web.archive.org/web/20150428184723/http://www.s3cur1ty.de/m1adv2013-003 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dlink-devices-unauth-rce (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-10069?: CVE-2013-10069 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-300 Rev B, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2013-10069?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-10069 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.