CVE-2016-20017 is a critical remote unauthenticated command injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DSL-2750B devices before firmware version 1.05, specifically through the login.cgi cli parameter. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability has been actively exploited in the wild since 2016, with a Metasploit module publicly available, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including its association with Mirai DDoS malware variants.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dsl-2750b_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.