What is CVE-2023-5144?

CVE-2023-5144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dar-7000, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-5144?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in D-Link Dar-7000

CVE-2023-5144

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in D-Link DAR-7000 and DAR-8000 up to 20151231. Affected is an unknown function of the file /sysmanage/updateos.php. The manipulation of the argument file_upload leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240240. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2023-09-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.060 (93.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

vuldb.com/ (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/llixixi/cve/blob/main/D-LINK-DAR-7000_upload_ changelogo.md (release-notes, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx (related, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/llixixi/cve/blob/main/D-LINK-DAR-8000-10_upload_ updateos.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5144?: CVE-2023-5144 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dar-7000, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-5144?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.