CVE-2018-10824

CRITICAL

D-Link DWR-116/DIR-140L/DIR-640L/DWR-512/DWR-712/DWR-912/DWR-921/DWR-111 - Password Exposure via Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-10824. PoCs published by Blazej Adamczyk.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes an information leakage vulnerability where the administrative password is stored in plaintext in a temporary file. An attacker can leverage a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-10822) to read this file without authentication.

Description

An issue was discovered on D-Link DWR-116 through 1.06, DIR-140L through 1.02, DIR-640L through 1.02, DWR-512 through 2.02, DWR-712 through 2.02, DWR-912 through 2.02, DWR-921 through 2.02, and DWR-111 through 1.01 devices. The administrative password is stored in plaintext in the /tmp/csman/0 file. An attacker having a directory traversal (or LFI) can easily get full router access.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Blazej Adamczyk · webappshardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45677

The exploit describes an information leakage vulnerability where the administrative password is stored in plaintext in a temporary file. An attacker can leverage a directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-10822) to read this file without authentication.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: D-Link routers (multiple models including DWR-116, DIR-140L, etc.)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-10822) · Network access to the router
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/36
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://sploit.tech/2018/10/12/D-Link.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1248
EPSS Percentile 95.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-522
Status published
Products (8)
dlink/dir-140l_firmware < 1.02
dlink/dir-640l_firmware < 1.02
dlink/dwr-111_firmware < 1.01
dlink/dwr-116_firmware < 1.06
dlink/dwr-512_firmware < 2.02
dlink/dwr-712_firmware < 2.02
dlink/dwr-912_firmware < 2.02
dlink/dwr-921_firmware < 2.02
Published Oct 17, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026