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high 7.5

CVE-2020-24577 in the critical feed json

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2888A devices with firmware prior to AU_2.31_V1.1.47ae55.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-17296

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.1%
EPSS 19.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2888A devices with firmware prior to AU_2.31_V1.1.47ae55. The One Touch application discloses sensitive information, such as the hashed admin login password and the Internet provider connection username and cleartext password, in the application's response body for a /tmp/var/passwd or /tmp/home/wan_stat URI.

Patch / fix

  • dlink dsl-2888a_firmware au_2.31_v1.1.47ae55

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Exploit prediction

19.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/d-link-multiple-security-vulnerabilities-leading-to-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=28241 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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