CVE-2018-5999

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Asus
Status
Asuswrt
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2018

Summary

An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007. In the handle_request function in router/httpd/httpd.c, processing of POST requests continues even if authentication fails.

References

https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asus...
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
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EPSS Score

25% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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