CVE-2025-1538
Published: 21 February 2025
Description
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in D-Link DAP-1320 1.00. Affected by this vulnerability is the function set_ws_action of the file /dws/api/. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-1538 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CWE-119, CWE-122, CWE-787) in the set_ws_action function of the /dws/api/ component within D-Link DAP-1320 firmware version 1.00. Published on 2025-02-21, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), highlighting its severity due to network accessibility and potential for significant impact.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by attackers with low privileges, requiring no user interaction and low attack complexity. Successful exploitation enables high-level compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as arbitrary code execution via the buffer overflow. An exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used against vulnerable devices.
Advisories note that the vulnerability affects products no longer supported by the maintainer, with no patches available. References include the D-Link legacy product page, VulDB entries detailing the issue (ctiid.296479 and id.296479), and a Notion site providing exploit information for the D-Link DAP-1320 set_ws_action vulnerability.
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