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D-Link DIR-878 HNAP prog.cgi SetVLANSettings stack-based overflow

8.7HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
No fix listed
Who is exposed
Not reported
Published
Last modified
31/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A stack-based buffer overflow in the SetVLANSettings function of prog.cgi in the HNAP Handler of D-Link DIR-878 devices lets an attacker remotely, without logging in, crash or disrupt the device by manipulating the VID argument. This affects only D-Link DIR-878 products that the maintainer no longer supports.

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A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-878 1.20B05. This impacts the function SetVLANSettings of the file prog.cgi of the component HNAP Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument VID can lead to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

cve.now Index

31Pcve.now Index 31 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • 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
  • Severity8.7/10CVSS 8.7
  • 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

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • D-Link DIR-878

    1.20B05

Evidence 6

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  5. Exploit
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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about CVE-2026-124561

Is CVE-2026-124561 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-2026-124561?

DIR-878: version 1.20B05.Source: cve.now feed data