CVE-2024-44342 is a critical remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-846W A1 routers running firmware version 100A43. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted POST request, achieving full compromise of the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation in the wild, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, with D-Link stating they will not be patching this discontinued product.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
fw100a43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-846w_firmware:fw100a43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.