# CVE-2015-2051 — Dlink Dir-645 Firmware **CISA KEV** > As of 2025-10-22, CVE-2015-2051 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dir-645 Firmware, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 97.1% (99.8th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-02-10), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2022-08-10. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2015-2051, most recently “ToxNetV2: AI-Assisted AArch64 Linux P2P Botnet Controller Using NVIDIA NIM LLM”. **Last updated:** 2025-10-22 ## What is CVE-2015-2051? The D-Link DIR-645 Wired/Wireless Router Rev. Ax with firmware 1.04b12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a GetDeviceSettings action to the HNAP interface. The record classifies CVE-2015-2051 under weakness class [CWE-77](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-77). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable from an adjacent network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 4259 days ago. ## Severity and exploitation probability - **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 8.8 — HIGH (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`) - **EPSS (FIRST):** 97.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs - **CISA KEV:** Listed since 2022-02-10, federal remediation deadline 2022-08-10 - **Threadlinqs priority:** 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9 - **Published:** 2015-02-23, last modified 2025-10-22 ## Is CVE-2015-2051 being exploited? CISA added CVE-2015-2051 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-02-10, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2022-08-10 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2015-2051 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 53 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed. - [trickest/cve](https://github.com/trickest/cve/blob/main/2015/CVE-2015-2051.md) (trickest) ## Affected products and versions - [Dlink](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/d-link): Dir-645 Firmware, Dir-645 a1 ## How to fix CVE-2015-2051 Vendor advisory: [http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051](http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051). Because CVE-2015-2051 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2022-08-10. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory. ## Threat activity tracking CVE-2015-2051 2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2015-2051, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record. - [ToxNetV2: AI-Assisted AArch64 Linux P2P Botnet Controller Using NVIDIA NIM LLM](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3859) — HIGH · 2026-10-19 - [Gafgyt Variant C0XMO — Cross-Platform IoT Botnet via DD-WRT UPnP CVE-2021-27137 with Python Lateral-Movement Module](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0679) — HIGH · 2026-06-04 ## Sources Enriched from CVE.org, NVD, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. **Exploit and proof of concept** - [exploit-db.com — exploit](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37171/) **Vulnerability database entry** - [securityfocus.com — vdb entry](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72623) - [securityfocus.com — vdb entry (74870)](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74870) **Other references** - [securityadvisories.dlink.com](http://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10051) - [supportannouncement.us.dlink.com](https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/announcement/publication.aspx?name=SAP10282) Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2015-2051 Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2015-2051 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp