How severe is CVE-2019-20500?

CVE-2019-20500 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 97.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2019-20500: D-Link DWL-2600AP Access Point Command Injection

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

D-Link DWL-2600AP Access Point Command Injection Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-06-29

Remediation due

2023-07-20

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10113; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20500

Description

D-Link DWL-2600AP 4.2.0.15 Rev A devices have an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability via the Save Configuration functionality in the Web interface, using shell metacharacters in the admin.cgi?action=config_save configBackup or downloadServerip parameter.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2020-03-05

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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