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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-5154

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-09-25
  • WeaknessCWE-434

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Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DAR-8000 up to 20151231 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /sysmanage/changelogo.php. The manipulation of the argument file_upload leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240250 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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-09-2503:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 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
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.

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

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-07-16
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.16.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • CNACVSS 2.06.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-434read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score15.3 %read 2026-10-23

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5154?

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DAR-8000 up to 20151231 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /sysmanage/changelogo.php. The manipulation of the argument file_upload leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-240250 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.

Is CVE-2023-5154 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-5154, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-5154?

CVE-2023-5154 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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