CVE-2020-15895An XSS issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. In the file webinc/js/info.php, no output filtration is…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
An XSS issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. In the file webinc/js/info.php, no output filtration is applied to the RESULT parameter, before it's printed on the webpage.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- D-Link DIR-816L 2.x - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-15895.yamlSeverity medium
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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Published
- 4 years later
· 4 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 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10169 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/multiple-vulnerabilities-discovered-in-the-d-link-firmware-dir-816l/ (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-2020-7869 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2020-15895)Record last updated .