CVE-2001-1220 describes a critical vulnerability in D-Link DWL-1000AP Firmware 3.2.28 #483 Wireless LAN Access Points, where the administrative password is stored in plaintext within the default Management Information Base (MIB). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to easily gain full administrative control over the device, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.28_483CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:d-link:dwl-1000ap:3.2.28_483:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.