CVE-2009-2765

Severity: high (CVSS 8.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 82.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

httpd.c in httpd in the management GUI in DD-WRT 24 sp1, and other versions before build 12533, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a request to a cgi-bin/ URI.

Affected products

DD-WRT: through 24

References

http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6853
http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/linux/http/ddwrt_cgibin_exec.rb
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022596
http://www.dd-wrt.com/
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=55173
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9209
http://www.osvdb.org/55990
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35742
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_router_vuln/
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6853
http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/linux/http/ddwrt_cgibin_exec.rb
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022596

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