CVE-2021-27248

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-121

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-2020 v1.01rc001 Wi-Fi access points. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of CGI scripts. When parsing the getpage parameter, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-10932.

Affected products

D-Link DAP-2020: 1.01-rc001

References

https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10201
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-203/
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10201
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-203/

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