CVE-2026-113736
CRITICAL 9.3A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DHP-W610AV 1.02EUb03. The impacted element is the function login_prepare_hnap of the file etc/defnodes/defaultvalue.xml of the component HNAP Login. The manipulation of the argument Password leads to empty password in configuration file. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.3), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.9%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 60th percentile
Impact if exploited
9.3CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Data snapshot:
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-258: Empty Password in Configuration File
- CWE-259: Use of Hard-coded Password
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- CRITICAL 9.3 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P - CRITICAL 9.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R - CRITICAL 9.8 v3.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:X/RC:R - CRITICAL 10 v2.0 · CNA Primary
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR - HIGH 8.9 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 - CRITICAL 9.8 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 10 v2.0 · NVD Secondary
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
References
Exploit-tagged references (not proof of a PoC)
- https://github.com/XueDugu/dlink-dhp-w610av-empty-admin-password-evidence/blob/main/poc/poc_dhp610av_login.py CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470
Advisories
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-113736 CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470 - https://vuldb.com/submit/1015789 CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-106988 EUVD · EUVD-2026-106988
Technical & other
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/422892 CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470 - https://vuldb.com/vuln/422892/cti CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470 - https://github.com/XueDugu/dlink-dhp-w610av-empty-admin-password-evidence CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470 - https://www.dlink.com/ CVE record · VulDB · Updated 2026-10-21T00:00:32.718Z
NVD · CVE-2026-113736 · Updated 2026-10-21T14:26:26.470