CVE-2013-5223 — D-Link DSL-2760U Gateway Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Overview
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the D-Link DSL-2760U gateway, allowing remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2013-5223
- Vulnerability
- D-Link DSL-2760U Gateway Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- Vendor
- D-Link
- Affected products
- D-Link: DSL-2760U
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2022-03-25
Remediation guidance
CVE-2013-5223 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for D-Link the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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