CVE-2018-5999 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2018-01-22

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 90.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:asus:asuswrt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.90791.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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/

History

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Subscriptions

Asus Asuswrt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-22T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:47:56.174Z

Reserved: 2018-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-5999

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-22T20:29:00.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:51.257

Link: CVE-2018-5999

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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