CVE-2018-5999 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 87.3% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 87.26% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-01-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| asus | asuswrt |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | AsusWRT LAN - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2018-02-26 |
| exploit-db | AsusWRT Router < 3.0.0.4.380.7743 - LAN Remote Code Execution | 2018-01-22 |
References
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3589
- https://github.com/pedrib/PoC/blob/master/advisories/asuswrt-lan-rce.txt
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/exploits/metasploit/asuswrt_lan_rce.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43881/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44176/
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