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CVE-2021-20696 (GCVE-0-2021-20696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-26 00:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:45
VLAI
Summary
DAP-1880AC firmware version 1.21 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands by sending a specially crafted request to a specific CGI program.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • OS Command Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
D-Link Japan K.K. DAP-1880AC Affected: firmware version 1.21 and earlier
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