CVE-2026-1625
Published: 29 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-1625 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Dlink Dwr-M961 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 5.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
Developer assessments and testing (including injection-focused techniques) identify improper neutralization of special elements, and the verifiable flaw remediation corrects them pre-deployment.
Identifies indicators of injection attacks (command, SQL, LDAP, etc.) via anomaly and attack monitoring.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Command injection in public-facing router web form (formSmsManage) directly enables remote exploitation (T1190) leading to arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was detected in D-Link DWR-M961 1.1.47. The impacted element is the function sub_4250E0 of the file /boafrm/formSmsManage of the component SMS Message. Performing a manipulation of the argument action_value results in command injection. The attack may be initiated…
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remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-1625 is a command injection vulnerability affecting the D-Link DWR-M961 router on firmware version 1.1.47. The flaw resides in the sub_4250E0 function within the /boafrm/formSmsManage file of the SMS Message component, where manipulation of the action_value argument enables injection. It is classified under CWE-74 and CWE-77, with 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). The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-29.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit this remotely with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary command execution, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories detail the issue on VulDB (ctiid.343384, id.343384, submit.740792) and a GitHub repository (QIU-DIE/CVE/issues/51), with the vendor site at dlink.com also referenced. The exploit is public and available for use.
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