CVE-2024-40505 is a critical Directory Traversal vulnerability affecting D-Link DAP-1650 Firmware v.1.03, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges through the hedwig.cgi component. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, which is typical for a large percentage of reported vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dap-1650_firmware:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.0 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.