CVE-2018-19300
Patch early
EPSS 74.3% — above the 10% action threshold.
Description
On D-Link DAP-1530 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b01, DAP-1610 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b01, DWR-111 (A1) before firmware version 1.02v02, DWR-116 (A1) before firmware version 1.06b03, DWR-512 (B1) before firmware version 2.02b01, DWR-711 (A1) through firmware version 1.11, DWR-712 (B1) before firmware version 2.04b01, DWR-921 (A1) before firmware version 1.02b01, and DWR-921 (B1) before firmware version 2.03b01, there exists an EXCU_SHELL file in the web directory. By sending a GET request with specially crafted headers to the /EXCU_SHELL URI, an attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands in the root context on the affected device. Other devices might be affected as well.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 74.28% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (17)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| d-link | dap-1530 firmware |
| d-link | dap-1610 firmware |
| d-link | dwr-116 firmware |
| d-link | dwr-711 firmware |
| dlink | dap-1530 |
| dlink | dap-1610 |
| dlink | dwr-111 |
| dlink | dwr-111 firmware |
| dlink | dwr-116 |
| dlink | dwr-116 firmware |
| dlink | dwr-512 |
| dlink | dwr-512 firmware |
| dlink | dwr-711 |
| dlink | dwr-712 |
| dlink | dwr-712 firmware |
| dlink | dwr-921 |
| dlink | dwr-921 firmware |
References
- https://community.greenbone.net/t/cve-2018-19300-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers/1772
- https://eu.dlink.com/de/de/support/support-news/2019/march/19/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers
- https://www.greenbone.net/en/serious-vulnerability-discovered-in-d-link-routers/
- https://www.greenbone.net/schwerwiegende-sicherheitsluecke-in-d-link-routern-entdeckt/
- https://community.greenbone.net/t/cve-2018-19300-remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers/1772
- https://eu.dlink.com/de/de/support/support-news/2019/march/19/remote-command-execution-vulnerability-in-d-link-dwr-and-dap-routers
- https://www.greenbone.net/en/serious-vulnerability-discovered-in-d-link-routers/
- https://www.greenbone.net/schwerwiegende-sicherheitsluecke-in-d-link-routern-entdeckt/
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