Vulnerability · Published Feb 17, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-46319
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.6% (higher than 94% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in D-Link Router DIR-846 DIR846A1_FW100A43.bin and DIR846enFW100A53DLA-Retail.bin. Malicious users can use this vulnerability to use "\ " or backticks to bypass the shell metacharacters in the ssid0 or ssid1 parameters to execute arbitrary commands.This vulnerability is due to the fact that CVE-2019-17509 is not fully patched and can be bypassed by using line breaks or backticks on its basis.