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CVE-2014-7857· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

D-Link DNS-320L firmware before 1.04b12, DNS-327L before 1.03b04 Build0119, DNR-326 1.40b03, DNS-320B 1.02b01, DNS-345 1.03b06, DNS-325 1.05

D-Link DNS-320L firmware before 1.04b12, DNS-327L before 1.03b04 Build0119, DNR-326 1.40b03, DNS-320B 1.02b01, DNS-345 1.03b06, DNS-325 1.05b03, and DNS-322L 2.00b07 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and log in with administrator permissions by passing the cgi_set_wto command in the cmd parameter, and setting the spawned session's cookie to username=admin.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Aug 25, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
15.2% · 97th percentile
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Action score

44

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
5 / 30 · 15.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
d-linkdns-322l firmware
d-linkdns-325 firmware
d-linkdns-345 firmware
d-linkdns-320b firmware
d-linkdnr-326 firmware
d-linkdns-327l firmware
d-linkdns-320l firmware
dlinkdns-322l
dlinkdns-325
dlinkdns-345
dlinkdns-320b
dlinkdnr-326

and 2 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • d-link dnr-326 firmwareup to 1.40b03 inclusive
  • d-link dns-320b firmwareup to 1.02b01 inclusive
  • d-link dns-320l firmwareup to 1.03b04 inclusive
  • d-link dns-322l firmwareup to 2.00b07 inclusive
  • d-link dns-325 firmwareup to 1.05b03 inclusive
  • d-link dns-327l firmwareup to 1.02 inclusive
  • d-link dns-345 firmwareup to 1.03b06 inclusive

Same product

d-link: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-7859Stack-based buffer overflow in login_mgr.cgi in D-Link firmware DNR-320L and DNS-320LW before 1.04b08, DNR-322L before 2.10 build 03, DNR-32
    45Plan

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

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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.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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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-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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