What is CVE-2023-44416?

CVE-2023-44416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dap-2622, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-44416?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

RCE in D-Link Dap-2622

CVE-2023-44416

D-Link DAP-2622 Telnet CLI Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-2622. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the CLI service, which listens on TCP port 23. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-20051.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

D-link Dap-2622 — versions 1.00 dated 16-12-2020
Dlink Dap-2622
Dlink Dap-2622_firmware — versions 1.00

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44416?: CVE-2023-44416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dap-2622, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2024-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-44416?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.