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Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CVE-2020-9544

High
7.5/10

Summary

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2640B E1 EU_1.01 devices. The administrative interface doesn't perform authentication checks for a firmware-update POST request. Any attacker that can access the administrative interface can install firmware of their choice.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published