CVE-2019-19743On D-Link DIR-615 devices, a normal user is able to create a root(admin) user from the D-Link portal.
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 8.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
On D-Link DIR-615 devices, a normal user is able to create a root(admin) user from the D-Link portal.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- D-Link DIR-615 - Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47778webapps, hardwarepublished 16 Dec 2019Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References5
- https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47778 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.infosecsanyam.blogspot.com/2019/12/d-link-dir-615-wireless-routervertical.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://pastebin.com/wHiRGdEG (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20191217 D-Link DIR-615 -- Vertical Prviliege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-9344 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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