CVE-2019-10042
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request....
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request. An attacker can get this token from dir_login.asp and use an API URL /goform/LoadDefaultSettings to reset the router without authentication.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request. An attacker can get this token from dir_login.asp and use an API URL /goform/LoadDefaultSettings to reset the router without authentication.
- Record
CVE-2019-10042- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request. An attacker can get this token from dir_login.asp and use an API URL /goform/LoadDefaultSettings to reset the router without authentication.
- Record
CVE-2019-10042- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2106 No score
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request. An attacker can get this token from dir_login.asp and use an API URL /goform/LoadDefaultSettings to reset the router without authentication.
- Record
EUVD-2019-2106- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cggm-8vp4-8666
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request....
The D-Link DIR-816 A2 1.11 router only checks the random token when authorizing a goform request. An attacker can get this token from dir_login.asp and use an API URL /goform/LoadDefaultSettings to reset the router without authentication.
- Record
GHSA-cggm-8vp4-8666- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-10042 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Dlink Dir-816 Firmware, published March 25, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.71%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.