CVE-2019-20216

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-01-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

D-Link DIR-859 1.05 and 1.06B01 Beta01 devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the urn: to the M-SEARCH method in ssdpcgi() in /htdocs/cgibin, because REMOTE_PORT is mishandled. The value of the urn: service/device is checked with the strstr function, which allows an attacker to concatenate arbitrary commands separated by shell metacharacters.

Affected products

D-Link DIR-859: 1.05, 1.06b01-beta01

References

https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-en-6bca043500ae
https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-es-e11ca6168d35
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10147
https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-en-6bca043500ae
https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-es-e11ca6168d35
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10147

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