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CVE-2024-0769: D-Link DIR-859 HTTP POST Request hedwig.cgi path traversal

5.3 CVSS

Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-859 1.06B01. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hedwig.cgi of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument service with the input ../../../../htdocs/webinc/getcfg/DHCPS6.BRIDGE-1.xml leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-251666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced. Eine kritische Schwachstelle wurde in D-Link DIR-859 1.06B01 ausgemacht. Es geht hierbei um eine nicht näher spezifizierte Funktion der Datei /hedwig.cgi der Komponente HTTP POST Request Handler. Durch Manipulieren des Arguments service mit der Eingabe ../../../../htdocs/webinc/getcfg/DHCPS6.BRIDGE-1.xml mit unbekannten Daten kann eine path traversal-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk angegangen werden. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Known Exploited

🚨 Marked as known exploited on June 25th, 2025 (5 days ago).

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-0769

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.3

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Problem Types

CWE-22 Path Traversal

Affected Products

Vendor: D-Link

Product: DIR-859

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 75.57% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 98.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-30 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: active

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: true

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0769
https://vuldb.com/?id.251666
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.251666
https://github.com/c2dc/cve-reported/blob/main/CVE-2024-0769/CVE-2024-0769.md
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10371

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