D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetAPLanSettings Mode command injection

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1325. It has been rated as critical. Affected is the function SetAPLanSettings of the component HNAP. The manipulation of the argument Mode leads to command injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-41191. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1325 (version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function SetAPLanSettings of the component HNAP. The manipulation of the argument Mode with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

D-Link DAP-1325 HNAP SetAPLanSettings Mode 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-18811.

The weakness was presented 09/07/2023 as ZDI-23-1299. It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-41191 since 08/24/2023. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/12/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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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