CVE-2020-25078 — Dcs-2530l Firmware
HIGHCVE-2020-25078 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in dlink dcs-2530l firmware. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-08-05) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. A fix is available — see the affected versions and patch details below.
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DCS-2670L through 2.02 devices. The unauthenticated /config/getuser endpoint allows for remote administrator password disclosure.
Exploitation Status
Actively exploited in the wild
- Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-08-05. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2025-08-26.
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2020-25078.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-25078 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 395,249 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the ≥ 90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Description
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DCS-2670L through 2.02 devices. The unauthenticated /config/getuser endpoint allows for remote administrator password disclosure.
Affected Products
dcs-2530l firmwaredlinkdcs-2670l firmwaredlinkdcs-4603 firmwaredlinkdcs-4622 firmwaredlinkdcs-4701e firmwaredlinkdcs-4703e firmwaredlinkResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DC…
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DC…
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DC…
An issue was discovered on D-Link DCS-2530L before 1.06.01 Hotfix and DC…
Detection & mitigation playbook
Vendor / applianceDetect
Inventory every dlink dcs-2530l firmware deployment and check each version against the affected-products list above.
Fix
Apply the dlink dcs-2530l firmware security patch or hotfix for CVE-2020-25078 on the affected version, following the vendor advisory for your exact build.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands. Alongside that, restrict the management interface to trusted networks and apply the vendor's recommended configuration mitigations.
How to detect CVE-2020-25078
A community-maintained Nuclei template exists for this CVE. You can scan for it directly:
nuclei -id cve-2020-25078 -u https://target- Template
- D-Link DCS-2530L/DCS-2670L - Administrator Password Disclosure
- Severity
- high
- 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.
Template by ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates (pikpikcu), MIT licensed. View the full template. Scan only systems you are authorised to test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-25078 being exploited in your environment?
Detect and block the exploit chain at execution, on systems you cannot patch yet.