{
    "id": "CVE-2018-14847",
    "published": "2018-08-02 07:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:41:44",
    "cvss_score": "9.1",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "description": "MikroTik RouterOS through 6.42 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files and remote authenticated attackers to write arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the WinBox interface.",
    "epss_score": "0.96087",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99876",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-06-01",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:23:13",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-06-01."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "mikrotik",
            "product": "routeros"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2018-14847",
        "date_added": "2021-12-01",
        "due_date": "2022-06-01",
        "vendor": "MikroTik",
        "product": "RouterOS",
        "name": "MikroTik Router OS Directory Traversal Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "45578",
            "title": "MicroTik RouterOS < 6.43rc3 - Remote Root",
            "date": "2018-10-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC",
        "https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847",
        "https://mikrotik.com/supportsec/winbox-vulnerability",
        "https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/",
        "https://github.com/BasuCert/WinboxPoC",
        "https://github.com/BigNerd95/WinboxExploit",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/blob/master/bug_hunting_in_routeros_derbycon_2018.pdf",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/bytheway",
        "https://github.com/tenable/routeros/tree/master/poc/cve_2018_14847",
        "https://n0p.me/winbox-bug-dissection/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45578/",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-14847"
    ]
}