What is CVE-2024-45698?

CVE-2024-45698 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-link Dir-x4860 A1, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2024-45698?

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

RCE in D-link Dir-x4860 A1

CVE-2024-45698

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers do not properly validate user input in the telnet service, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to use hard-coded credentials to log into telnet and inject arbitrary OS commands, which can the…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

D-link Dir-x4860 A1 — versions 1.00, 1.04
Dlink Dir-x4860 — versions a1
Dlink Dir-x4860_firmware — versions 1.00, 1.04

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

twcert@cert.org.tw (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
twcert@cert.org.tw (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-45698?: CVE-2024-45698 is a critical-severity vulnerability in D-link Dir-x4860 A1, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2024-45698?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.