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Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Oct 19, 2022
CVE-2016-20017D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the wild in 2016 through 2022.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Jan 8, 2024; federal agencies had to remediate by Jan 29, 2024. Treat that date as your deadline.
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D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the wild in 2016 through 2022.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-77
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Jan 8, 2024; federal remediation due Jan 29, 2024Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 66.58% (percentile 99)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
dlink dsl-2750b_firmware dlink:dsl-2750b_firmware | before 1.05 | NVD |
References
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10088patch, vendor-advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53exploit, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-20017us-government-resource
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