Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-5999

Public exploit exists!
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.
Published 2018-01-22 20:29:00
Updated 2019-10-03 00:03:26
Source MITRE
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-5999

EPSS FAQ
25.36%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 97 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2018-5999

  • AsusWRT LAN Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2018-01-22
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/linux/http/asuswrt_lan_rce
    The HTTP server in AsusWRT has a flaw where it allows an unauthenticated client to perform a POST in certain cases. This can be combined with another vulnerability in the VPN configuration upload routine that sets NVRAM configuration variables directly from the POST request

CVSS scores for CVE-2018-5999

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
10.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
10.0
10.0
 NIST
9.8
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2018-5999

Products affected by CVE-2018-5999

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