# CVE-2020-15896: An authentication-bypass issue was discovered on D-Link DAP-1522 devices 1.4x before 1.10b04Beta02.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An authentication-bypass issue was discovered on D-Link DAP-1522 devices 1.4x before 1.10b04Beta02. There exist a few pages that are directly accessible by any unauthorized user, e.g., logout.php and login.php. This occurs because of checking the value of NO_NEED_AUTH. If the value of NO_NEED_AUTH is 1, the user has direct access to the webpage without any authentication. By appending a query string NO_NEED_AUTH with the value of 1 to any protected URL, any unauthorized user can access the application directly, as demonstrated by bsc_lan.php?NO_NEED_AUTH=1.

## What to do

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## References

- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10169
- https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/authentication-bypass-in-d-link-firmware-dap-1522/

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