CVE-2017-15909

critical

Published 2017-10-26 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

D-Link DGS-1500 Ax devices before 2.51B021 have a hardcoded password, which allows remote attackers to obtain shell access.

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

{Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/PRODUCTS/DGS-1500-52/REVA/DGS-1500_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_2.51.021_EN.pdf}

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

{Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/PRODUCTS/DGS-1500-28P/REVA/DGS-1500_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_2.51.021_EN.pdf}

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

{Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/PRODUCTS/DGS-1500-28/REVA/DGS-1500_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_2.51.021_EN.pdf}

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

{Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — ftp://ftp2.dlink.com/PRODUCTS/DGS-1500-20/REVA/DGS-1500_REVA_FIRMWARE_PATCH_NOTES_2.51.021_EN.pdf}

CWE-798

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.