High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 25, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-34862
CVE-2021-34862
Description
This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of D-Link DAP-2020 1.01rc001 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the var:menu parameter provided to the webproc endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of 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-13270.
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References
2- supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspxnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-978/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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