CVE-2025-10628
Published: 18 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-10628 is a low-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Dlink Dir-852 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 27.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-10628 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-77) discovered in the D-Link DIR-852 router running firmware version 1.00CN B09. The flaw resides in unknown code within the file /htdocs/cgibin/hedwig.cgi, part of the Web Management Interface. Published on September 18, 2025, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), rated as medium severity.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker with low-privilege access (PR:L) to the Web Management Interface, requiring no user interaction. By performing manipulation on the affected endpoint, the attacker achieves command injection, potentially leading to limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L).
References including VulDB entries and a GitHub issue (i-Corner/cve#31) document the vulnerability, but note that it only affects products no longer supported by the maintainer, implying no official patches are available. The D-Link website is listed as a reference, though no specific mitigation guidance is detailed in the provided information.
An exploit for this vulnerability has been made public and could be used, increasing risk for exposed, end-of-life DIR-852 devices.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-29839
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in D-Link DIR-852 1.00CN B09. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /htdocs/cgibin/hedwig.cgi of the component Web Management Interface. Performing manipulation results in command injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The…
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exploit has been made public and could be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Command injection vulnerability in the web management interface (hedwig.cgi) enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) for remote arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004) after authentication.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and sanitization of all input to hedwig.cgi, blocking the command-injection payload before execution.
Limits the low-privilege web account to the minimum rights needed, reducing the scope of commands that can be injected.
Enforces boundary rules that can block or restrict remote access to the management interface on unsupported devices.