Vulnerability record

CVE-2021-40655

D-Link DIR-605 Router Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run DIR-605 Router, fix it now.

CISA required action: This vulnerability affects legacy D-Link products. All associated hardware revisions have reached their end-of-life (EOL) or end-of-service (EOS) life cycle and should be retired and replaced per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jun 6, 2024.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

An informtion disclosure issue exists in D-LINK-DIR-605 B2 Firmware Version : 2.01MT. An attacker can obtain a user name and password by forging a post request to the / getcfg.php page

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
DIR-605 RouterD-LinkKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2021-40655 scored CVSS 7.5: D-Link DIR-605 Router, D-Link DIR-605 Router Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched DIR-605 Router systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

We have not published a story about this vulnerability yet.

References

  • legacy.us.dlink.com https://legacy.us.dlink.com/pages/product.aspx?id=2b09e95d90ff4cb38830ecc04c89cee5
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40655
  • github.com https://github.com/Ilovewomen/D-LINK-DIR-605/
  • dlink.com https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40655