CVE-2020-15896 is an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting D-Link DAP-1522 devices running firmware versions 1.4x before 1.10b04Beta02. An attacker can bypass authentication by appending a specific query string to protected URLs, granting unauthorized access to application pages. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and public exploit code is not readily available, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.41CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dap-1522_firmware:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.42CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dap-1522_firmware:1.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.