- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 82.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Jun 2025
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-859 1.06B01. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hedwig.cgi of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument service with the input ../../../../htdocs/webinc/getcfg/DHCPS6.BRIDGE-1.xml leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-251666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as D-Link DIR-859 Router Path Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Jun 2025
- Fix due (US federal)
- 16 Jul 2025
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Jun 2025.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulDB
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 months later
· 4 months 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 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)
- 82.7% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
References
References6
- https://vuldb.com/?id.251666 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.251666 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/c2dc/cve-reported/blob/main/CVE-2024-0769/CVE-2024-0769.md (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10371 (opens in a new tab)relatedx_transferred
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0769 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-0769 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-16557 (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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