CVE-2022-46552 — D-Link DIR-846 Firmware FW100A53DBR was discovered to contain a remote command e

D-Link DIR-846 Firmware FW100A53DBR was discovered to contain a remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability via the lan(0)_dhcps_staticlist parameter. This vulnerability is exploited via a crafted POST request.

01What is this vulnerability?

D-Link DIR-846 Firmware FW100A53DBR was discovered to contain a remote command execution (RCE) vulnerability via the lan(0)_dhcps_staticlist parameter. This vulnerability is exploited via a crafted POST request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-27T14:05:48.085Z

09References

• cwe.mitre.org — https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
• www.dlink.com — https://www.dlink.com/en/security-bulletin/
• github.com — https://github.com/FloeDesignTechnologies/phpcs-security-audit/blob/master/Secur…
• www.php.net — https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php
• francoataffarel.medium.com — https://francoataffarel.medium.com/cve-2022-46552-d-link-dir-846-wireless-router…
• github.com — https://github.com/c2dc/cve-reported/blob/main/CVE-2022-46552/CVE-2022-46552.md
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171710/D-Link-DIR-846-Remote-Command-Execut…