CVE-2018-10824 describes a critical vulnerability in several D-Link DWR and DIR series routers where the administrative password is stored in plaintext within a temporary file. An attacker leveraging a directory traversal or local file inclusion (LFI) flaw could easily retrieve this file, gaining full administrative access to the affected device. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-116_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-140l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-640l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-512_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-712_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.