Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-8978D-Link DIR-619L boa FirmwareUpgrade data authenticity
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity insufficient verification of data authenticity in DIR-619L from D-Link. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability was determined in D-Link DIR-619L 6.02CN02. Affected is the function FirmwareUpgrade of the component boa. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-345 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-319974 | D-Link DIR-619L boa FirmwareUpgrade data authenticity vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-319974 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #628599 | D-Link DIR619L 6.02CN02 CWE-287 Improper Authentication third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/IOTRes/IOT_Firmware_Update/blob/main/Dlink/DIR619L.md exploit, patch
- https://www.dlink.com/ product