D-Link DIR-878 HNAP prog.cgi GetCAPTCHAsetting heap-based overflow
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Published
- Last modified
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 31/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
D-Link DIR-878 routers have a heap-based buffer overflow in the GetCAPTCHAsetting function of the HNAP handler, which an attacker can trigger by manipulating the uid argument. It can be reached remotely over the network without logging in and without any user action.
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Read the original description
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-878 1.20B05. This affects the function GetCAPTCHAsetting of the file bin/prog.cgi of the component HNAP Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument uid results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity9.3/10CVSS 9.3
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 76 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 71 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 36 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
Timeline
- CVE published
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- Posted on X by cve.now
Affected versions
- D-Link DIR-878
1.20B05
Evidence 6
- Advisory
- Advisory
- Advisory
- Advisory
- Exploit
- Link
Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-124560
Is CVE-2026-124560 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124560?
DIR-878: version 1.20B05.Source: cve.now feed data