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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2020-24578 json

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2888A devices with firmware prior to AU_2.31_V1.1.47ae55.

published 2020-12-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-17297

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered on D-Link DSL-2888A devices with firmware prior to AU_2.31_V1.1.47ae55. It has a misconfigured FTP service that allows a malicious network user to access system folders and download sensitive files (such as the password hash file).

Patch / fix

  • dlink dsl2888a_firmware au_2.31_v1.1.47ae55

Exploit prediction

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/d-link-multiple-security-vulnerabilities-leading-to-rce/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.