D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of D-Link D-View. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the TokenUtils class. The issue results from a hard-coded cryptographic key. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-21991.
- Published
- May 23, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 65th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-321
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · zdi
- 9.8
- 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 | d-view 8 | cpe:2.3:a:dlink:d-view_8 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- dlink d-view 82.0.1.28
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 D-View
- 2.0.1.28affected
Same product
dlink: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-32165D-Link D-View TftpReceiveFileHandler Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability61This week
- CVE-2023-5074Authentication Bypass in D-Link D-View 860This week
- CVE-2023-44412D-Link D-View addDv7Probe XML External Entity Processing Information Disclosure Vulnerability57Plan
- CVE-2023-32169D-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability56Plan
- CVE-2023-32164D-Link D-View TftpSendFileThread Directory Traversal Information Disclosure Vulnerability55Plan
- CVE-2023-32166D-Link D-View uploadFile Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability54Plan
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
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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-2023-3216921 days apartD-Link D-View Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Authentication Bypass Vulnerability56Plan
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-2023-3216621 days apartD-Link D-View uploadFile Directory Traversal Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability54Plan
- CVE-2024-52970 days apartD-Link D-View executeWmicCmd Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability36Monitor
- CVE-2024-52980 days apartD-Link D-View queryDeviceCustomMonitorResult Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability36Monitor
- CVE-2024-52990 days apartD-Link D-View execMonitorScript Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability36Monitor
Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is 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
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-321 · Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic KeyCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.