CVE-2024-3272D-Link DNS-320L/DNS-325/DNS-327L/DNS-340L HTTP GET Request nas_sharing.cgi hard-coded credentials
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 98.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.1% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 11 Apr 2024
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in D-Link DNS-320L, DNS-325, DNS-327L and DNS-340L up to 20240403. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /cgi-bin/nas_sharing.cgi of the component HTTP GET Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument user with the input messagebus leads to hard-coded credentials. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259283. 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 Multiple NAS Devices Use of Hard-Coded Credentials Vulnerability.
- Added
- 11 Apr 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 2 May 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
This vulnerability affects legacy D-Link products. All associated hardware revisions have reached their end-of-life (EOL) or end-of-service (EOS) life cycle and should be retired and replaced per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 11 Apr 2024.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- D-Link Network Attached Storage - Backdoor Account (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-3272.yamlSeverity critical
References tagged exploit1 reference
- https://github.com/netsecfish/dlink (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By VulDB
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 19 months later
· 19 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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Critical10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| 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)
- 98.1% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
References
References5
- VDB-259283 | D-Link DNS-320L/DNS-325/DNS-327L/DNS-340L HTTP GET Request nas_sharing.cgi hard-coded credentials (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- VDB-259283 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/netsecfish/dlink (opens in a new tab)exploitx_transferred
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10383 (opens in a new tab)relatedx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-3272 (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-2024-31862 (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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