CVE-2019-20215D-Link DIR-859 1.05 and 1.06B01 Beta01 devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a urn: to the M-SEARCH method…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 75.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
D-Link DIR-859 1.05 and 1.06B01 Beta01 devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a urn: to the M-SEARCH method in ssdpcgi() in /htdocs/cgibin, because HTTP_ST is mishandled. The value of the urn: service/device is checked with the strstr function, which allows an attacker to concatenate arbitrary commands separated by shell metacharacters.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Metasploit modules2 modules
- D-Link Devices Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in ssdpcgi (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/upnp/dlink_dir859_exec_ssdpcgiRank excellentdisclosed 24 Dec 2019
- D-Link Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution using UPnP via a special crafted M-SEARCH packet. (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/upnp/dlink_upnp_msearch_execRank excellentdisclosed 1 Feb 2013
Exploit-DB1 entry
- D-Link Devices - Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution in ssdpcgi (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48037remote, linux_mipspublished 10 Feb 2020Verified
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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- 27 days later
· 27 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 75.1% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10147 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-unauthenticated-rce-in-ssdpcgi-http-st-cve-2019-20215-en-2e799acb8a73 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156250/D-Link-ssdpcgi-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2019-10769 (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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