High severity · published Jul 19, 2023
CVE-2023-30799
MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue
7.2
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
MikroTik RouterOS stable before 6.49.7 and long-term through 6.48.6 are vulnerable to a privilege escalation issue. A remote and authenticated attacker can escalate privileges from admin to super-admin on the Winbox or HTTP interface. The attacker can abuse this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RO
Routeros · Mikrotik
through 6.48.7; 6.34 before 6.49.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30799
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30799
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MarginResearch/FOISted
Third Party Advisory
https://vulncheck.com/advisories/mikrotik-foisted
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