CVE-2015-5999

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-816L Wireless Router with firmware before 2.06.B09_BETA allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the admin password, (2) change the network policy, or (3) possibly have other unspecified impact via crafted requests to hedwig.cgi and pigwidgeon.cgi.

Affected products

D-Link DIR-816L: through 2.05.b02

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134379/D-Link-DIR-816L-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/45
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536886/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77588
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38707/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134379/D-Link-DIR-816L-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/45
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536886/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77588
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38707/

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