CVE-2016-20017
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- D-Link DSL-2750B Devices Command Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
D-Link DSL-2750B devices before 1.05 allow remote unauthenticated command injection via the login.cgi cli parameter, as exploited in the wild in 2016 through 2022.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 66% (percentile: 99) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-77
Affected products
dlink: dsl-2750b firmware; dlink: dsl-2750b
References
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Feb/53 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44760 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016… US Government Resource