CVE-2021-40655 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An informtion disclosure issue exists in D-LINK-DIR-605 B2 Firmware Version : 2.01MT. An attacker can obtain a user name and password by forging a post request to the / getcfg.php page

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is in the KEV database since May 16, 2024.

The EPSS score is 0.93319.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Dlink	Dir-605l Dir-605l Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-605l_firmware:2.01mt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:dlink:dir-605l:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/Ilovewomen/D-LINK-DIR-605/
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40655
https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40655

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40655

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-40655

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2024-05-16'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-24T20:11:51.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:31.176Z

Reserved: 2021-09-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40655

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:06.418Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-09-24T21:15:07.310

Modified: 2025-11-10T14:44:03.177

Link: CVE-2021-40655

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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