Critical severity · published Jan 22, 2018
CVE-2018-5999
An issue was discovered in AsusWRT before 3.0.0.4.384_10007
9.8
CVSS
87.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)87.5% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Asuswrt · Asus
before 3.0.0.4.384_10007 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5999
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5999
Exploit
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
Exploit
https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
Exploit
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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