CVE-2019-13372

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD NUCLEI

D-Link Central WiFi Manager < 1.03 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Cookie Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2019-13372 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including M3@ZionLab from DBAppSecurity, including a Metasploit module exploits/windows/http/dlink_central_wifimanager_rce. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits a PHP code injection vulnerability in D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) by injecting malicious PHP code via the username cookie, which is passed unsanitized to eval(). It achieves remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable versions.

Description

/web/Lib/Action/IndexAction.class.php in D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) before v1.03R0100_BETA6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a cookie because a cookie's username field allows eval injection, and an empty password bypasses authentication.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by M3@ZionLab from DBAppSecurity · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/dlink_central_wifimanager_rce.rb

This Metasploit module exploits a PHP code injection vulnerability in D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) by injecting malicious PHP code via the username cookie, which is passed unsanitized to eval(). It achieves remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable versions.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) < v1.03R0100_BETA6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target · Target running vulnerable D-Link Central WiFi Manager
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

D-Link Central WiFi Manager CWM(100) - Remote Code Execution
CRITICALVERIFIEDby DhiyaneshDK
Shodan: html:"D-Link Central WiFiManager"

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.8068
EPSS Percentile 99.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2021-04-12
InTheWild.io 2021-04-12
CWE
CWE-287 CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
dlink/central_wifimanager < 1.03
Published Jul 06, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026