CVE-2023-25280 — D-Link DIR-820 Router OS Command Injection Vulnerability
Overview
D-Link DIR-820 routers contain an OS command injection vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a crafted payload with the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-25280
- Vulnerability
- D-Link DIR-820 Router OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- Vendor
- D-Link
- Affected products
- D-Link: DIR-820 Router
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2024-09-30
Remediation guidance
CVE-2023-25280 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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