CVE-2018-12710

Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 76.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-319

Description

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 2.02NA devices. Being local to the network and having only "User" account (which is a low privilege account) access, an attacker can intercept the response from a POST request to obtain "Admin" rights due to the admin password being displayed in XML.

Affected products

Dlink Dir-601 Firmware: 2.02na

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/45
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45306/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Aug/45
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45306/

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