CVE-2024-0769
9.8, critical Known exploitedD-Link DIR-859 Router Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 83% higher than 99.6% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 21 Jan 20242 years ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 25 Jun 2025. US federal agencies had to remediate by 16 Jul 2025, a deadline that has passed.
Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-859 1.06B01. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hedwig.cgi of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument service with the input ../../../../htdocs/webinc/getcfg/DHCPS6.BRIDGE-1.xml leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-251666 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.
Details
- Vendor
- D-Link and 1 more
- Product
- DIR-859
- Weakness
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Assigner
- cna@vuldb.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 6
Exploit code 1
Advisories 2
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
Other D-Link CVEs
Every D-Link CVE we holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2025-29635 D-Link DIR-823X Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 88% 7.2, high
- CVE-2024-3272 D-Link Multiple NAS Devices Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability KEV EPSS 98% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2024-3273 D-Link Multiple NAS Devices Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 100% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2023-25280 D-Link DIR-820 Router OS Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 98% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2022-40799 D-Link DNR-322L Download of Code Without Integrity Check Vulnerability KEV EPSS 34% 8.8, high
- CVE-2016-20017 D-Link DSL-2750B Devices Command Injection Vulnerability KEV EPSS 67% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2022-37055 D-Link Routers Buffer Overflow Vulnerability KEV EPSS 56% 9.8, critical
- CVE-2022-26258 D-Link DIR-820L Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 92% 9.8, critical
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.