CVE-2023-25280
OS Command injection vulnerability in D-Link DIR820LA1_FW105B03 allows attackers to escalate privileges to root via a crafted payload with the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.
do firstThe impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
Can a WAF block it? Partly. OS command injection puts shell syntax into the request. WAF rules catch common shell commands but miss encoded or unusual payloads.
Also consider: shlex/execve-style APIs
Based on the weakness type only; no CVE-specific evidence yet. We check Cloudflare, AWS, Google Cloud Armor and Azure; for Akamai, Imperva, Fastly, F5, ask your vendor.
Is CVE-2023-25280 being exploited?
Yes. CVE-2023-25280 appears in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed and reported. Treat it as active rather than theoretical, and patch it ahead of higher-scoring vulnerabilities that carry no exploitation evidence.
How severe is CVE-2023-25280?
CVE-2023-25280 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2023-25280?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2023-25280. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2023-25280 affect?
CVE-2023-25280 affects dlink:dir-820l_firmware. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
public exploits
Detection templates only, no public exploit found: 1 Nuclei template
- D-Link DIR820LA1_FW105B03 'ping_addr' - OS Command Injection · detection template · critical
Listed so you can judge urgency, not as a recommendation to run anything. GitHub “proofs of concept” are unvetted: some are fake or carry malware. Exploit-DB marks the entries its staff verified.
cisa ssvc
- exploitation
- active
- automatable
- yes
- technical impact
- total
Assessed by CISA 4 Oct 2024 (SSVC 2.0.3).
timeline
- 16 Mar 2023Published
- 30 Sept 2024Added to CISA KEV (exploited in the wild) · 564 days (about 2 years) later
- 4 Oct 2024CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation active · 5 days later
- 21 Oct 2024CISA remediation due date (US federal agencies) · 16 days later
- 21 Oct 2025CVE record last updated · 366 days (about 1 year) later
- 2 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 377 days (about 1 year) later
- Linkdlink.com /en/security-bulletin/
- Linkgithub.com /migraine-sudo/D_Link_Vuln/tree/main/cmd%20Inject%20in%20pingV4Msg
- Linkcisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-25280
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- CISA KEV catalog: exploitation, date added, due date
- CISA Vulnrichment (ADP): SSVC decision points
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- Nuclei templates: detection templates
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.