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CVE-2019-17621

HIGH ⌖ ON CISA KEV · EXPLOITED

DETAIL

SourceCISA-KEV · kev Published2023-06-29 Referencehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17621 ↗

⚡ RCE ⌖ EXPLOITED IN THE WILD SHAME 65/100 rceexploited-in-wild

A D-Link router allowed unauthenticated attackers to execute commands as root via a UPnP vulnerability, now actively exploited in the wild.

▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Actively exploited (CISA KEV) — remediate now, ahead of your normal patch cycle.

PLAYERS IMPLICATED

D-Link · vendor DIR-859 Router · product

DESCRIPTION

D-Link DIR-859 router contains a command execution vulnerability in the UPnP endpoint URL, /gena.cgi. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute system commands as root by sending a specially crafted HTTP SUBSCRIBE request to the UPnP service when connecting to the local network.

AFFECTED FEDRAMP PRODUCTS · 0

No correlated FedRAMP products.