CVE-2014-125117

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

State: Published
Severity: 9.3 Critical
Published: Jul 25, 2025
Updated: Apr 7, 2026
Reserved: Jul 24, 2025

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	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	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

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

Affected Products

Product	Versions
DSP-W215D-Link	1.02Affected

References

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/dlink_dspw215_info_cgi_bof.rbexploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34063exploit
https://web.archive.org/web/20140525215526/http://www.devttys0.com/2014/05/hacking-the-dspw215-again/technical-descriptionexploit
https://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/ips/38932/d-link-info-cgi-post-request-buffer-overflowthird-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dlink-stack-based-buffer-overflow-rcethird-party-advisory

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