CVE-2012-5319 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.1% (pctl 64)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in setup/security.cgi in D-Link DCS-900, DCS-2000, and DCS-5300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via the rootpass parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 1.07% — more likely to be exploited than 64% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-352 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dlink | dcs-2000 |
| dlink | dcs-5300 |
| dlink | dcs-900 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | D-Link DCS - 'security.cgi' Cross-Site Request Forgery | 2012-02-23 |
| exploit-db | D-Link DCS Series - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Change Admin Password) | 2012-02-22 |
References
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