A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-816L (Router Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component UPnP. The manipulation of the argument ST with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-816L devices 2.x before 1.10b04Beta02. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is enabled by default on port 1900. An attacker can perform command injection by injecting a payload into the Search Target (ST) field of the SSDP M-SEARCH discover packet.

The weakness was presented 07/22/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-15893 since 07/22/2020. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.10b04Beta02 eliminates this vulnerability.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling 1900. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Router Operating System

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• D-Link

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• DIR-816L

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• commercial

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