CVE-2016-5681 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting multiple D-Link DIR series routers, specifically within the dws/api/Login function. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected devices by sending a crafted, long session cookie. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-868l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-822_firmware:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dir-880l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dir-850l_firmare:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dir-895l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.