Authenticated command execution via persisted AdminID injection
Published Jun 4, 2025 · Updated Jun 4, 2025
OS command injection in D-Link DCS-932L 2.18.01 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands through AdminID. The alphapd setSystemWizard/setSystemControl handlers save the unvalidated AdminID value with nvram_bufset, and setSystemAdmin later incorporates it into an OS command. Reaching both HTTP handlers requires Basic-authenticated access; successful injection can start telnetd and yield a shell on the camera.
Summary
What happened
OS command injection in D-Link DCS-932L 2.18.01 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands through AdminID. The alphapd setSystemWizard/setSystemControl handlers save the unvalidated AdminID value with nvram_bufset, and setSystemAdmin later incorporates it into an OS command. Reaching both HTTP handlers requires Basic-authenticated access; successful injection can start telnetd and yield a shell on the camera.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5573
- Published
- Jun 4, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 4, 2025
- Vendor
- D-Link
- Product
- DCS-932L
- Classifications
- CWE-78, CWE-77, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.18.01
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Public exploit references
- DCS-932L AdminID command-injection proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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