CVE-2011-4723 — D-Link DIR-300 Router Cleartext Storage of a Password Vulnerability

CVE-2011-4723 (D-Link DIR-300 Router) is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 2022-09-08. The D-Link DIR-300 router stores cleartext passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain… See the required fix, due date and advisories.

Exploitation status

CVE-2011-4723 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added 2022-09-08. The D-Link DIR-300 router stores cleartext passwords, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Advisory facts

Vendor or project
D-Link
Affected product
DIR-300 Router
Added to CISA KEV
2022-09-08
US federal remediation due date
2022-09-29
Ransomware association
Unknown
EPSS score
—
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-310

Remediation: the required action

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.

Wording published by CISA for this catalog entry. It is the baseline action, not a decision about your environment: whether this exposure matters for you depends on where the affected component runs, what it is exposed to and who owns it.

From advisory to a decision you can defend

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Sourced from public upstream advisories (CISA KEV, ENISA EUVD, vendor PSIRTs) mirrored daily. Informational only — not a remediation decision, not legal advice, and the absence of a record is not evidence of safety.