What is CVE-2023-5154?

CVE-2023-5154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dar-8000, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-5154?

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

Is CVE-2023-5154 known to be exploited?

22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in D-Link Dar-8000

CVE-2023-5154

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DAR-8000 up to 20151231 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /sysmanage/changelogo.php. The manipulation of the argument file_upload leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240250 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2023-09-25 · 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: 0.153 (96.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.151 · newest: 0.153 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5154?: CVE-2023-5154 is a medium-severity vulnerability in D-Link Dar-8000, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-5154?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5154 known to be exploited?: 22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.