CVE-2018-17440 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered on D-Link Central WiFi Manager before v 1.03r0100-Beta1. They expose an FTP server that serves by default on port 9000 and has hardcoded credentials (admin, admin). Taking advantage of this, a remote unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading any file in the web root directory and then accessing it via a request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15176.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dlink:central_wifimanager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Dlink Subscribe	Central Wifimanager Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/11
https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10092
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45533/
https://www.secureauth.com/labs/advisories/d-link-central-wifimanager-software-controller-multiple-vulnerabilities

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.22028}`	epss `{'score': 0.22264}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-08T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:47:04.562Z

Reserved: 2018-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17440

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-08T16:29:01.633

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:25.167

Link: CVE-2018-17440

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-434

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