D-Link DIR-820 Router OS Command Injection Vulnerability
D-Link DIR-820 routers contain an OS command injection vulnerability that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to escalate privileges to root via a crafted payload with the ping_addr parameter to ping.ccp.
- Vendor
- D-Link
- Product
- DIR-820 Router
- CVSS
- 9.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 97.9%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Added to KEV
Is CVE-2023-25280 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2023-25280 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on . CISA only lists a CVE when it has reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild.
FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days at 97.9% (scored October 14, 2026).
- CISA KEV[ LISTED ]
- ENISA EUVD (exploited)[ — ]
- CIRCL KEV[ — ]
Catalog snapshot 2026-10-24. Full cross-catalog view: /kev-comparison
CVE-2023-25280 timeline
Every event links to its source. Catalog dates are each catalog's own; day offsets count from NVD publication. Data: JSON
What to do
CISA required actionThe impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by (21 days after listing) under BOD 22-01. Everyone else: that deadline is a sensible upper bound, not a target. Vendor guidance and the NVD record are linked under Source above.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| CVE-2026-90703 D-Link DWR-M921 command injection via disk share creation endpointwrite-up | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.1 | 3.6% | — |
| CVE-2026-90702 D-Link DWR-M921 command injection via disk format endpointwrite-up | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.1 | 3.6% | — |
| CVE-2026-90699 D-Link DWR-M920 command injection via SIM PIN management endpointwrite-up | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.9 | 3.3% | — |
| CVE-2025-29635 D-Link DIR-823X Command Injection Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.2 | 87.9% | |
| CVE-2022-37055 D-Link Routers Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 55.5% | |
| CVE-2022-40799 D-Link DNR-322L Download of Code Without Integrity Check Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 33.7% | |
| CVE-2020-25079 D-Link DCS-2530L and DCS-2670L Command Injection Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 54.0% |