CVE-2009-2765
HIGH · CVSS 8.3EPSS 82.5%EU EUVD
httpd.c in httpd in the management GUI in DD-WRT 24 sp1, and other versions before build 12533, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a request to a cgi-bin/ URI.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 82.5% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2755)
- Published
- August 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2755 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dd-wrt / dd-wrt
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6853(Patch)
- http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/linux/http/ddwrt_cgibin_exec.rb(Exploit)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022596
- http://www.dd-wrt.com/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=55173(Exploit)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9209
- http://www.osvdb.org/55990
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35742(Exploit)
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/21/critical_ddwrt_router_vuln/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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