CVE-2020-15894
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an exposed administration function in getcfg.php, which can be used to call various services. It can be utilized by an attacker to retrieve various sensitive information, such as admin login credentials, by setting the value of _POST_SERVICES in the query string to DEVICE.ACCOUNT.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an exposed administration function in getcfg.php, which can be used to call various services. It can be utilized by an attacker to retrieve various sensitive information, such as admin login credentials, by setting the value of _POST_SERVICES in the query string to DEVICE.ACCOUNT.
- Record
CVE-2020-15894- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an exposed administration function in getcfg.php, which can be used to call various services. It can be utilized by an attacker to retrieve various sensitive information, such as admin login credentials, by setting the value of _POST_SERVICES in the query string to DEVICE.ACCOUNT.
- Record
CVE-2020-15894- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-7868 No score
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an exposed administration function in getcfg.php, which can be used to call various services. It can be utilized by an attacker to retrieve various sensitive information, such as admin login credentials, by setting the value of _POST_SERVICES in the query string to DEVICE.ACCOUNT.
- Record
EUVD-2020-7868- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4xhc-v448-j5jx
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an...
An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exists an exposed administration function in getcfg.php, which can be used to call various services. It can be utilized by an attacker to retrieve various sensitive information, such as admin login credentials, by setting the value of _POST_SERVICES in the query string to DEVICE.ACCOUNT.
- Record
GHSA-4xhc-v448-j5jx- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, 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-2020-15894 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Dlink Dir-816l Firmware, published July 22, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.69%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.