Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-5708 · published 30 March 2018

CVE-2018-5708: Dlink dir-601 firmware insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability

Dlink · Dir 601 Firmware

An issue was discovered on D-Link DIR-601 B1 2.02NA devices. Being on the same local network as, but being unauthenticated to, the administrator's panel, a user can obtain the admin username and cleartext password in the response (specifically, the configuration file restore_default), which is displayed in XML.

8.0 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 6.9% CWE-522 · Insufficiently protected credentials

8.0CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 6.1

6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Dir 601 Firmware Dlink

References

Link	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/66	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10111
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44388/	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Mar/66	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://securityadvisories.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10111
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44388/	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-5708), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.