Public proof of concept

CVE-2024-7849

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

Published2024-08-16
WeaknessCWE-120

Am I affected?

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Description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in D-Link DNS-120, DNR-202L, DNS-315L, DNS-320, DNS-320L, DNS-320LW, DNS-321, DNR-322L, DNS-323, DNS-325, DNS-326, DNS-327L, DNR-326, DNS-340L, DNS-343, DNS-345, DNS-726-4, DNS-1100-4, DNS-1200-05 and DNS-1550-04 up to 20240814. This affects the function cgi_create_album of the file /cgi-bin/photocenter_mgr.cgi. The manipulation of the argument current_path leads to buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2024-08-1602:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-7849?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-7849?format=csv
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Versions per branch

CISA-ADP

Dlink dnr-202l firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
20240814.x	≤ 20240814	no fix published	CISA-ADP

Dlink dnr-322l firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
20240814.x	≤ 20240814	no fix published	CISA-ADP

Dlink dnr-326 firmware

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
20240814.x	≤ 20240814	no fix published	CISA-ADP

17 more products in the sources.

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

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2024-08-16
OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
CNACVSS 4.08.7read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-120read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.2 %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
CVSS 4.0 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published: 2024-08-16
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Deferred

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-7849?

Is CVE-2024-7849 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-7849, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-7849?

CVE-2024-7849 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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