Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-12296

LowPublic PoC

Published: 27 October 2025

Published
27 October 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.4th percentile
Risk Priority 4 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-12296 is a low-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Dlink Dap-2695 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 2.0 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A security vulnerability has been detected in D-Link DAP-2695 2.00RC13. The impacted element is the function sub_4174B0 of the component Firmware Update Handler. The manipulation leads to os command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been…

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disclosed publicly and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

CWE(s)
CWE-77CWE-78

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.004 Unix Shell Execution
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
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Why these techniques?

OS command injection in the remote Firmware Update Handler (httpd sub_4174B0) enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) for Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).

Affected Assets

dlink
dap-2695 firmware
2.00

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-78

Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-78

Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.

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