CVE-2022-28955: An access control issue in D-Link DIR816L_FW206b01 allows unauthenticated attackers to access folders folder_view.php and category_view.php.

PriorityP270high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EXPLOIT

EPSS

38.29%

98.4th percentile

An access control issue in D-Link DIR816L_FW206b01 allows unauthenticated attackers to access folders folder_view.php and category_view.php.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dlink	dir-816l_firmware	—	—

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/category_view.php↗

path/folder_view.php↗

otherhttp.html:"DIR-816L"

otherbody="dir-816l"

→Unauthenticated GET request to /category_view.php or /folder_view.php returning HTTP 200 with the string 'SharePort Web Access' in the response body indicates a vulnerable D-Link DIR-816L device.
→Use Shodan query http.html:"DIR-816L" or http.html:"dir-816l" to identify internet-exposed D-Link DIR-816L devices potentially affected by this vulnerability.
→Use FOFA query body="dir-816l" to identify internet-exposed D-Link DIR-816L devices potentially affected by this vulnerability.

·Vulnerability is specific to firmware version DIR816L_FW206b01; other firmware versions may not be affected. ↗
·The detection template uses stop-at-first-match, meaning only one of the two vulnerable paths needs to respond positively to confirm exploitation.

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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