CVE-2024-45697 is a critical vulnerability affecting specific D-Link DIR-X4860 wireless router models, where a hidden telnet service with hard-coded credentials becomes active when the WAN port is connected. This allows unauthorized remote attackers to log in and execute arbitrary OS commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-x4860_firmware:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-x4860_firmware:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.