What is CVE-2023-25280?

CVE-2023-25280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-820l, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2023-25280?

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

Is CVE-2023-25280 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2023-25280 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-30), indicating it is being actively exploited. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.

RCE in Dlink Dir-820l

CVE-2023-25280

OS Command injection vulnerability in D-Link DIR820LA1_FW105B03 allows attackers to escalate privileges to root via a crafted payload with the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2023-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.979 (99.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.979 · newest: 0.979 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dlink Dir-820l
Dlink Dir-820l Firmware — versions 1.05b03

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2024-09-30. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2024-10-21.

Required action: The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/ (Not Applicable)
github.com/migraine-sudo/D_Link_Vuln/tree/main/cmd Inject in pingV4Msg (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25280?: CVE-2023-25280 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-820l, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2023-25280?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25280 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2023-25280 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-09-30), indicating it is being actively exploited. 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed.