Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5999
CVE-2015-5999
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-816L Wireless Router with firmware before 2.06.B09_BETA allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the admin password, (2) change the network policy, or (3) possibly have other unspecified impact via crafted requests to hedwig.cgi and pigwidgeon.cgi.
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References
6- packetstormsecurity.com/files/134379/D-Link-DIR-816L-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlnvdExploit
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/45nvdExploit
- ftp2.dlink.com/SECURITY_ADVISEMENTS/DIR-816L/DIR-816L_REVB_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_2.06.B09_BETA_EN.PDFnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536886/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77588nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38707/nvd
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