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CVE-2024-0769: D-Link DIR-859 Router Path Traversal Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-06-25
• EPSS: 82.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-859 1.06B01. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hedwig.cgi of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument service with the input ../../../../htdocs/webinc/getcfg/DHCPS6.BRIDGE-1.xml leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-251666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

Affected products

• D-Link DIR-859: 1.06-beta1

References

• https://github.com/c2dc/cve-reported/blob/main/CVE-2024-0769/CVE-2024-0769.md
• https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10371
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.251666
• https://vuldb.com/?id.251666
• https://github.com/c2dc/cve-reported/blob/main/CVE-2024-0769/CVE-2024-0769.md
• https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10371
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.251666
• https://vuldb.com/?id.251666
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0769
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-0769

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