CVE-2013-10048 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting legacy D-Link DIR-300 (rev B) and DIR-600 routers (firmware <= 2.13 and <= 2.14b01, respectively). This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges by sending specially crafted POST requests to the command.php endpoint, due to inadequate input sanitation of the 'cmd' parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to full device takeover, including data exfiltration and service disruption. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-300_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.14b01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-600_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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