CVE-2024-45698 is a critical vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-X4860 wireless routers, stemming from improper user input validation in the telnet service. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to leverage hard-coded credentials to gain telnet access and execute arbitrary OS commands on the device. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 2 mentions and 2 media articles, indicating widespread awareness. There is currently no public exploit intelligence available through Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| 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.