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…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.022 (84.6th 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.