CVE-2009-2765 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in the DD-WRT router firmware, specifically affecting versions before build 12533. Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into requests made to cgi-bin/ URIs within the management GUI's httpd. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.3, indicating high severity due to its network-adjacent attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, though it is not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dd-wrt:dd-wrt:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.