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CVE-2020-25078 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-22

D-Link DCS-2530L and DCS-2670L Devices vulnerability

D-Link DCS-2530L and DCS-2670L devices contain an unspecified vulnerability enabling remote disclosure of administrator passwords, affecting end-of-life products.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can obtain administrator credentials from vulnerable D-Link network cameras, leading to full device compromise. Affected products are end-of-life with no vendor support.

CISA KEV Yes · 2025-08-053EPSS 0.97901 (verify live)4Exploit Public PoC5
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploit available
Public proof-of-concept exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
9 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-08-05).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.97901 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: D-Link, DCS-2530L and DCS-2670L Devices. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I exploit the unspecified vulnerability to remotely extract the administrator password without authentication.
Business
Attackers gain administrative access to network cameras, enabling surveillance manipulation, lateral network movement, or device repurposing in botnets.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I use obtained credentials to reconfigure camera settings, disable logging, or redirect video streams.
Business
Organizations lose visibility into physical security monitoring and cannot detect unauthorized access or tampering.
3

Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3

Attacker
I pivot from compromised cameras to other network segments using the device as an entry point.
Business
Internal network perimeter is breached, enabling broader infrastructure compromise and data exfiltration.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • Public PoC available (VulnCheck)
  • 9 reported-exploitation source(s)
  • Public exploit availability
  • Catalogued by mitre (CNA)
  • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
  • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by mitreCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.