D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetAPLanSettings PrimaryDNS command injection

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1325. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function SetAPLanSettings of the component HNAP. Executing a manipulation of the argument PrimaryDNS can lead to command injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-41192. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1325 (version now known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function SetAPLanSettings of the component HNAP. The manipulation of the argument PrimaryDNS with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetAPLanSettings PrimaryDNS Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-1325 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of a request parameter provided to the HNAP1 SOAP endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-18812.

The weakness was disclosed 09/07/2023 as ZDI-23-1300. The advisory is available at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-41192 since 08/24/2023. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/12/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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• D-Link

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• DAP-1325

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/

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