High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-27248
CVE-2021-27248
Description
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-2020 v1.01rc001 Wi-Fi access points. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of CGI scripts. When parsing the getpage parameter, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-10932.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dap-2020_firmware:1.01:rc001:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspxnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-203/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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