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CVE-2018-10823

85
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-10823 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting several D-Link DWR series routers, including DWR-111, DWR-116, DWR-512, DWR-712, and DWR-912. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting shell commands into the "Sip" parameter on the chkisg.htm page, leading to arbitrary code execution and full device control. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise potential. While not listed in the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, including reports of its use in the EnemyBot DDoS botnet.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-116_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-512_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-912_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-111_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
77.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2018-10823 · Oct 18, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-45676 · Oct 12, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7770 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

sploit.tech / 2018/10/12/D-Link.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/36
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory