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CVE-2021-40655

High CVSS 7.5 Known exploited

Published 2021-09-24 · last changed 2026-06-17 · added to CISA KEV 2024-05-16

This one is being exploited in the wild.

CISA added CVE-2021-40655 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-16. Federal agencies are required to remediate it on a deadline. If you have affected machines, this is the class of finding that moves ahead of the rest of the queue.

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2021-40655, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

An informtion disclosure issue exists in D-LINK-DIR-605 B2 Firmware Version : 2.01MT. An attacker can obtain a user name and password by forging a post request to the / getcfg.php page

Sources

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N