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CVE-2016-11021

93
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-11021 is a critical OS command injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DCS-930L IP cameras running firmware versions prior to 2.12. This flaw allows a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device by injecting commands into the setSystemCommand function's SystemCommand parameter. Rated 7.2 HIGH on CVSS, it carries a high impact for confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, notably by the BotenaGo botnet, and has a publicly available Metasploit module, indicating a significant and ongoing threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dcs-930l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.2HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
68.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Metasploit: D-Link DCS-930L Authenticated Remote Command Execution · Dec 20, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6887 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 5,530 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/39437
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry