What is CVE-2017-9542?

CVE-2017-9542 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-615 Firmware, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-9542?

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

Auth bypass in D-Link Dir-615 Firmware

CVE-2017-9542

D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router allows authentication bypass via a modified POST request to login.cgi. This issue occurs because it fails to validate the password field. Successful exploitation of this issue allows an attacker to take control of the affected device.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.051 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9542?: CVE-2017-9542 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dir-615 Firmware, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-9542?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.