CVE-2018-19300 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting multiple D-Link router and access point models, including the DAP-1530, DAP-1610, DWR-111, DWR-116, DWR-512, DWR-711, DWR-712, and DWR-921. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted GET request to the /EXCU_SHELL URI, which is an exposed file in the web directory. This allows for arbitrary shell command execution in the root context, leading to complete compromise of the device. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dap-1530_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dap-1610_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dwr-111_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dwr-116_firmware:1.06:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:d-link:dwr-116_firmware:1.06:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.