D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02 boa FirmwareUpgrade data authenticity
Summary
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02 and classified as critical. The affected element is the function FirmwareUpgrade of the component boa. The manipulation results in data authenticity. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-8978. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function FirmwareUpgrade of the component boa. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data authenticity vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-345. The product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-8978. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
Version
License
Support
Website
- Vendor: https://www.dlink.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
VulDB Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 8.1
NVD Vector: 🔒
CNA Base Score: 6.6
CNA Vector: 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Data authenticityCWE: CWE-345
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Timeline
08/13/2025 Advisory disclosed08/13/2025 VulDB entry created
09/12/2025 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: dlink.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2025-8978 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-8978
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319974
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 08/13/2025 18:43Updated: 09/12/2025 18:38
Changes: 08/13/2025 18:43 (57), 08/15/2025 08:11 (31), 09/12/2025 18:38 (12)
Complete: 🔍
Submitter: IOT_Res
Cache ID: 216::103
Submit
Accepted
- Submit #628599: D-Link DIR619L 6.02CN02 CWE-287 Improper Authentication (by IOT_Res)
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