{"cve":"CVE-2019-20217","nvd":{"published":"2020-01-29T03:15:14.267","modified":"2026-06-17T02:30:13.187","status":"Modified","description":"D-Link DIR-859 1.05 and 1.06B01 Beta01 devices allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via the urn: to the M-SEARCH method in ssdpcgi() in /htdocs/cgibin, because SERVER_ID is mishandled. The value of the urn: service/device is checked with the strstr function, which allows an attacker to concatenate arbitrary commands separated by shell metacharacters.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-en-6bca043500ae","https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-es-e11ca6168d35","https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10147","https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-en-6bca043500ae","https://medium.com/%40s1kr10s/d-link-dir-859-rce-unauthenticated-cve-2019-20216-cve-2019-20217-es-e11ca6168d35"],"products":["dlink:dir-859_firmware"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:01:01.339895972+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-20217","score":0.03558,"percentile":0.89326,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}