CVE-2018-5999

high-risk
Published 2018-01-22

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.

Do I need to act?

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90.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 9% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
44176, 43881
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Asus

References (10)

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_...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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_...
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal