CVE-2015-2051: D-Link DIR-645 Router Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

D-Link DIR-645 Router Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor

D-Link

Product

DIR-645 Router

Added to the catalog

2022-02-10

Due date for US federal agencies

2022-08-10

Weaknesses

CWE-77

Catalog version

2026.10.30

D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action to the HNAP interface.

Required action (CISA)

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2051

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2015-02-23T17:59:08.320

Last modified

2026-06-17T00:23:30.663

Weaknesses

CWE-77

The D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action to the HNAP interface.

References

• http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72623 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74870 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10282 (Vendor Advisory)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37171/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72623 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74870 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37171/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-2051 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2015-02-23T17:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-22T00:05:33.088Z

Problem types

n/a

The D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action to the HNAP interface.

References

• http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051
• 37171
• 72623
• 74870
• https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10282

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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