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CVE-2012-5319 json

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in setup/security.cgi in D-Link DCS-900, DCS-2000, and DCS-5300 allows remote attackers to…

published 2012-10-08 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5242

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in setup/security.cgi in D-Link DCS-900, DCS-2000, and DCS-5300 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change the administrator password via the rootpass parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18509)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36877 D-Link DCS - 'security.cgi' Cross-Site Request Forgery remote, 2012-02-23
  • EDB-18509 D-Link DCS Series - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Change Admin Password) webapps, 2012-02-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

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