CVE-2025-8978: D-Link DIR-619L boa FirmwareUpgrade data authenticity

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-345

Description

A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02. Affected is the function FirmwareUpgrade of the component boa. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Affected products

D-Link DIR-619L: 6.02cn02

References

https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Dlink/DIR619L.md
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319974
https://vuldb.com/?id.319974
https://vuldb.com/?submit.628599
https://www.dlink.com/
https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Dlink/DIR619L.md

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