CVE-2015-5999

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the D-Link DIR-816L Wireless Router with firmware before 2.06.B09_BETA allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change the admin password, (2) change the network policy, or (3) possibly have other unspecified impact via crafted requests to hedwig.cgi and pigwidgeon.cgi.

Published: 2015-11-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5999 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-5999

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38707 exploit_db edb 2015-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5999

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 14.38% 3.21% -11.16%
2 2026-02-24 16.44% 14.38% -2.06%
3 2025-06-28 — 16.44% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5999

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5999

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5999

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dlink dir-816l_firmware <= 2.05.b02 cpe:2.3:o:dlink:dir-816l_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5999

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