D-Link DAP-1620 storage check_dws_cookie stack-based overflow

published 2025-03-22 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-7296

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.1%; EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAP-1620 1.03 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function check_dws_cookie of the file /storage. The manipulation of the argument uid leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated 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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-24)

Exploit prediction

2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

witty-maiasaura-083.notion.site https://witty-maiasaura-083.notion.site/D-link-DAP-1620-check_dws_uid-Vulnerability-1b4b2f2a63618025b049f6e62a1835c0 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CNA	4.0	9.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

D-Link DAP-1620

Classification

Weakness

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

witty-maiasaura-083.notion.site /D-link-DAP-1620-check_dws_uid-Vulnerability-1b4b2f2a63618025b049f6e62a1835c0
exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.300623
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.300623
signature, permissions-required, vdb-entry
vuldb.com /?submit.518980
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
dlink.com /
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-2621
NVD CVE-2025-2621

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Summary