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CVE-2019-16920

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16920 is an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting numerous D-Link router models, including DIR-655C, DIR-866L, and DIR-855L. Attackers can exploit a common injection flaw in the "PingTest" device common gateway interface by sending arbitrary input, leading to full system compromise. This critical vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community attention with available Nuclei templates and numerous media reports.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.02b05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-655_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.03b04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-866l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-652_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dhp-1565_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-855l_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2019-16920 · Oct 1, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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
fortiguard.com / zeroday/FG-VD-19-117
Broken LinkThird Party Advisory
medium.com / %4080vul/determine-the-device-model-affected-by-cve-2019-16920-by-zoomeye-bf6fec7f9bb3
ExploitThird Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/766427
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
seebug.org / vuldb/ssvid-98079
ExploitThird Party Advisory