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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2021-46381 in the critical feed json

Local File Inclusion due to path traversal in D-Link DAP-1620 leads to unauthorized internal files reading [/etc/passwd] and [/etc/shadow].

published 2022-03-04 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33064

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
58.9%
EPSS 58.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Local File Inclusion due to path traversal in D-Link DAP-1620 leads to unauthorized internal files reading [/etc/passwd] and [/etc/shadow].

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50919)

Exploit prediction

58.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50919 DLINK DAP-1620 A1 v1.01 - Directory Traversal remote, 2022-05-11
  • Nuclei template D-Link DAP-1620 - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19OP09msw8l7CJ622nkvnvnt7EKun1eCG?usp=sharing referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167070/DLINK-DAP-1620-A1-1.01-Directory-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.