CVE-2025-5215: D-Link DCS-5020L ptdc.cgi websReadEvent stack-based overflow

8.7 CVSS

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in D-Link DCS-5020L 1.01_B2. This affects the function websReadEvent of the file /rame/ptdc.cgi. The manipulation of the argument Authorization leads to stack-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. Es wurde eine Schwachstelle in D-Link DCS-5020L 1.01_B2 entdeckt. Sie wurde als kritisch eingestuft. Hiervon betroffen ist die Funktion websReadEvent der Datei /rame/ptdc.cgi. Dank Manipulation des Arguments Authorization mit unbekannten Daten kann eine stack-based buffer overflow-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff kann über das Netzwerk angegangen werden. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-5215

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem Types

Stack-based Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption

Affected Products

Vendor: D-Link

Product: DCS-5020L

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.08% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 25.68% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-29 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: total

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5215
https://vuldb.com/?id.310311
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310311
https://vuldb.com/?submit.582935
https://github.com/xiaobor123/vul-dlink-dcs5020l
https://github.com/xiaobor123/vul-dlink-dcs5020l#poc
https://www.dlink.com/

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