CVE-2024-45697: D-Link Dir-x4860 Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Certain models of D-Link wireless routers have a hidden functionality where the telnet service is enabled when the WAN port is plugged in. Unauthorized remote attackers can log in and execute OS commands using hard-coded credentials.

Affected products

• D-Link Dir-x4860 Firmware: version 1.00 only; version 1.04 only

Published 2024-09-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.