What is CVE-2018-5371?

CVE-2018-5371 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dsl-2540u Firmware, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-5371?

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

RCE in D-Link Dsl-2540u Firmware

CVE-2018-5371

diag_ping.cmd on D-Link DSL-2640U devices with firmware IM_1.00 and ME_1.00, and DSL-2540U devices with firmware ME_1.00, allows authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the ipaddr field of an HTTP GET request.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.420 (98.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

D-link Dsl-2540u_firmware — versions me_1.00
D-link Dsl-2640u_firmware — versions im_1.00, me_1.00
Dlink Dsl-2540u
Dlink Dsl-2640u
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, URL Repurposed, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5371?: CVE-2018-5371 is a high-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dsl-2540u Firmware, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-5371?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.