What it is
CVE-2023-5148 is a vulnerability affecting D-Link DAR-7000, DAR-8000. ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAR-7000 and DAR-8000 up to 20151231. It has been declared as critical. This...
Vulnerability report
Exploited in the wild
High confidence
Not in CISA KEV
CVE-2023-5148
DAR-7000
D-Link / DAR-7000 · 0 to <= 2015-12-31
- Severity
- CVSS 6.3 · Medium
- Confidence
- High
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild
- EPSS
- 30.7%
- First observed
- —
- Last observed
- —
Decision summary
What security teams need to know first
Direct answers before the deeper technical record.
Is it exploited?
Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high.
Who is affected?
D-Link / DAR-7000 0 to <= 2015-12-31.
What should we do?
Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.
Overview
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAR-7000 and DAR-8000 up to 20151231
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in D-Link DAR-7000 and DAR-8000 up to 20151231. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /Tool/uploadfile.php. The manipulation of the argument file_upload leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-240244. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
NOTE: Vendor was contacted early and confirmed immediately that the product is end-of-life. It should be retired and replaced. In D-Link DAR-7000 and DAR-8000 bis 20151231 wurde eine Schwachstelle ausgemacht. Sie wurde als kritisch eingestuft. Hierbei betrifft es unbekannten Programmcode der Datei /Tool/uploadfile.php. Durch Manipulation des Arguments file_upload mit unbekannten Daten kann eine unrestricted upload-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden kann der Angriff über das Netzwerk. Der Exploit steht zur öffentlichen Verfügung.
Vendor
Product
Affected
Status
dlink
dar-7000_firmware
Through 2015-12-31
Affected
dlink
dar-8000_firmware
Through 2015-12-31
Affected
D-Link
DAR-7000
20151231
Affected
D-Link
DAR-8000
20151231
Affected
- Published
- 25 Sep 2023
- Exploitation Reported
- 26 Jun 2025
- Attack vector
- Remote
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
CVE References
- CVE Record CVE.org · CVE Record https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5148
- GitHub — llixixi/cve github.com · Exploit https://github.com/llixixi/cve/blob/main/D-LINK-DAR-7000_upload_%20up...
- Technical Description — vuldb.com vuldb.com · Technical Description https://vuldb.com/?id.240244
- Signature — vuldb.com vuldb.com · Signature https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.240244
- Related — supportannouncement.us.dlink.com supportannouncement.us.dlink.com · Related https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.asp...
- GitHub — llixixi/cve github.com · Related https://github.com/llixixi/cve/blob/main/D-LINK-DAR-8000-10_upload_%2...
Exploitation evidence
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Exploited in the wild
The Shadowserver
Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Per-source evidence links for KEV attestations are available through the KEV Intelligence Pro API.
Learn about Pro API access| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| The Shadowserver First | 2025-06-26 00:00 UTC |
Detection
Operational artifacts and observed signals
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Observed signals
- Request targets
- 0
- User-Agents
- 0
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Scanner coverage
No scanner integrations recorded yet.
Virtual patch status
No KEV Intelligence virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.
Learn about virtual patches →No detection artifacts or sensor request patterns are available for this CVE yet.
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Risk and context
Severity, weaknesses, and research context
CVSS v3.1
6.3
Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
30.7%
All CVSS Scores
CVSS v3.1
6.3
Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v3.0
6.3
Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0
6.5
Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Timeline
From disclosure to observed exploitation
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High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation
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CVE published
Vulnerability disclosed publicly
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CVE ID reserved
Identifier reserved by the CNA
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- First-party sensor telemetry
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- Affected versions and enrichment
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Free JSON includes basic KEV fields{
"cve_id": "CVE-2023-5148",
"confidence": "High",
"cvss_score": 6.3,
"cvss_estimated": false,
"epss_score": 0.3066,
"exploit_status": {
"exploited_in_the_wild": true,
"active_exploitation_observed": false
},
"sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}Early warning alerts
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