CVE-2018-6530

CRITICAL CISA KEV

OS command injection vulnerability in soap.cgi (soapcgi_main in cgibin) in D-Link DIR-880L DIR-880L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_1.08B04 and previous versions, DIR-868L DIR868LA1_FW112b04 and previous versions, DIR-65L DIR-865L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_1.08.B01 and previous versions, and DIR-860L DIR860LA1_FW110b04 and previous versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the service parameter.

Published: Mar 6, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026

CWE-78 CWE-78

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3

Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: UNCHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

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

Affected Products (4)

Vendor	Product	Version
dlink	dir-860l_firmware	*
dlink	dir-865l_firmware	*
dlink	dir-868l_firmware	*
dlink	dir-880l_firmware	*

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-j95f-33m4-87jf

OS command injection vulnerability in soap.cgi (soapcgi_main in cgibin) in D-Link DIR-880L DIR...

References (11)

ftp://FTP2.DLINK.COM/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-860L/REVA/DIR-860L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.11B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://FTP2.DLINK.COM/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-868L/REVA/DIR-868L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.20B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-865L/REVA/DIR-865L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.10B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-880L/REVA/DIR-880L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.08B06_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/TheBeeMan/Pwning-multiple-dlink-router-via-SOAP-proto Exploit, Third Party Advisory
ftp://FTP2.DLINK.COM/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-860L/REVA/DIR-860L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.11B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://FTP2.DLINK.COM/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-868L/REVA/DIR-868L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.20B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-865L/REVA/DIR-865L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.10B01_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-880L/REVA/DIR-880L_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_1.08B06_EN_WW.pdf Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/TheBeeMan/Pwning-multiple-dlink-router-via-SOAP-proto Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-6530 US Government Resource

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 9.8 / 10

EPSS Score 96.68%

Top 0% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 98.2 / 100

CISA Known Exploited

Date Added: 2022-09-08

Due Date: 2022-09-29

Required Action:

The vendor D-Link published an advisory stating the fix under CVE-2018-20114 properly patches KEV entry CVE-2018-6530. If the device is still supported, apply updates per vendor instructions. If the affected device has since entered its end-of-life, it should be disconnected if still in use.

Used in Ransomware Campaigns

Data Sources

NVD CISA KEV EPSS GitHub