D-Link DIR-2640 PrefixLen Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
D-Link DIR-2640 PrefixLen Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DIR-2640 routers. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the PrefixLen parameter provided to the HNAP1 endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-19547.
- Published
- May 2, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 23.7% · 98th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-78
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Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 7 / 30 · 23.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · zdi
- 6.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| dlink | dir-2640 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-2640_firmware |
| dlink | dir-2640 | cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-2640 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- dlink dir-2640 firmware1.11b02
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (zdi). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
D-Link DIR-2640
- 1.11B02 (non-US, CA version)affected
Same product
dlink: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-5293D-Link DIR-2640 HTTP Referer Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2023-32152D-Link DIR-2640 HNAP LoginPassword Authentication Bypass Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2023-32149D-Link DIR-2640 prog.cgi Request Handling Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2023-32148D-Link DIR-2640 HNAP PrivateLogin Authentication Bypass Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2023-32153D-Link DIR-2640 EmailFrom Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability34Monitor
- CVE-2023-32151D-Link DIR-2640 DestNetwork Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-321530 days apartD-Link DIR-2640 EmailFrom Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability34Monitor
- CVE-2023-321470 days apartD-Link DIR-2640 LocalIPAddress Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability28Monitor
- CVE-2023-321510 days apartD-Link DIR-2640 DestNetwork Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
- CVE-2023-321480 days apartD-Link DIR-2640 HNAP PrivateLogin Authentication Bypass Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2023-321520 days apartD-Link DIR-2640 HNAP LoginPassword Authentication Bypass Vulnerability35Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Adjacent
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
User input is inserted as text into a shell command. The shell may interpret special characters in the input as part of the command.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-78 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const host = req.body.host;exec("ping -c 1 " + host, onResult);Fixed
const host = req.body.host;if (!/^[a-z0-9.-]{1,253}$/i.test(host)) return res.sendStatus(400);execFile("ping", ["-c", "1", host], onResult);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Command DelimitersCAPEC-15likelihood: High · High
- Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation LayersCAPEC-43likelihood: Medium · High
- Argument InjectionCAPEC-6likelihood: High · High
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10323
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-542/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.