# CVE-2024-45697: D-Link WiFi router - Hidden Functionality

> Attackers can remotely execute OS commands on D-Link routers via hidden Telnet service with hard-coded credentials when WAN is connected.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wxf3-97x6-x82w

## What is CVE-2024-45697?

CVE-2024-45697 is a critical vulnerability in D-Link DIR-X4860 A1, published on 16 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers have a hidden functionality where the telnet service is enabled when the WAN port is plugged in. Unauthorized remote attackers can log in and execute OS commands using hard-coded credentials.

Weakness: CWE-912 (Hidden Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dlink Dir-X4860 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-45697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in D-Link DIR-X4860 A1

- [CVE-2024-45694](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45694/): D-Link WiFi router - Stack-based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-45695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45695/): D-Link WiFi router - Stack-based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-45698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45698/): D-Link WiFi router - OS Command Injection (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45697 is a critical vulnerability in D-Link DIR-X4860 A1, published on 16 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: D-Link DIR-X4860 A1. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45697

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45697/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.