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VAR-202507-2683

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-10-02 23:38

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the my_cgi.cgi component of certain D-Link devices, including the DSP-W215 version 1.02, can be exploited via a specially crafted HTTP POST request to the /common/info.cgi endpoint. This flaw enables an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution with system-level privileges. D-Link Corporation of DSP-W215 Wi-Fi Smart Plug The firmware contains input validation vulnerabilities and a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.Information is obtained, information is tampered with, and service operation is interrupted. (DoS) It may be in a state

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CVE-2014-125117 (GCVE-0-2014-125117)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-25 15:50 – Updated: 2026-04-07 14:03

Title

D-Link info.cgi POST Request Stack-Based Buffer Overflow RCE

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-29 03:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasplo…	exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34063	exploit
https://web.archive.org/web/20140525215526/http:/…	technical-descriptionexploit
https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/38932…	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dlink-stack-…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
D-Link	DSP-W215	Affected: 1.02 cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dsp-w215_firmware:1.02:::::::*

Date Public

2014-07-14 00:00

Credits

Craig Heffner

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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