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CVE-2023-5151

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-09-25
  • WeaknessCWE-89

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Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability classified as critical was found in D-Link DAR-8000 up to 20151231. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /autheditpwd.php. The manipulation of the argument hid_id leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240247. 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-09-2502:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Dlink dar-8000 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
2015.x≤ 2015-12-31no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As VulDB, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • D-Link DAR-8000
    Affected
    • = 20151231no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2023-10-24

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-09-24
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.3known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 2.06.5known since 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-89known since 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score80.6 %read 2026-11-02
  • GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-09-25
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-vmp6-7v5c-wm9x

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5151?

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability classified as critical was found in D-Link DAR-8000 up to 20151231. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /autheditpwd.php. The manipulation of the argument hid_id leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240247. 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.

Is CVE-2023-5151 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-5151, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5151?

CVE-2023-5151 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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