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CVE-2017-9542

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

D-Link DIR-615 Wireless N 300 Router allows authentication bypass via a modified POST request to login.cgi. This issue occurs because it fails to validate the password field. Successful exploitation of this issue allows an attacker to take control of the affected device.

Affected products

• D-Link Dir-615 Firmware: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98992
• https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/873458088321220609
• https://www.facebook.com/tigerBOY777/videos/1368513696568992/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98992
• https://twitter.com/tiger_tigerboy/status/873458088321220609
• https://www.facebook.com/tigerBOY777/videos/1368513696568992/

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