VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12710

CVSS score8 HIGH
EPSS probability76.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 2.02NA devices. Being local to the network and having only "User" account (which is a low privilege account) access, an attacker can intercept the response from a POST request to obtain "Admin" rights due to the admin password being displayed in XML.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Primary references